Intro to Grendel's Mother

From her lair in the cold and murky lake, where she had been BROODING over her loss..." = BROODING most likely leans

• appearing darkly menacing

• showing deep unhappiness

• sitting on eggs to hatch them

• holding within the body to develop

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"Boar-headed helmets," "gleaming swords," and "mail shirts" all reference

• Anglo-Saxon Culture

• Warrior Accessories

• Weapons and Warfare

• All of the Above

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Grendel's mother's "...supper assured..." consisted of

• one of Hrothgar's closest friends.

• several of the warriors of Herot.

• Beowulf.

• Grendel's severed arm.

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The "...glorious solder...{whose} noble life [was] cut short..." was

• Beowulf's most bevloved friend.

• Hrothgar.

• Hrothgar's closest friend.

• Grendel when he appeared, still alive.

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No Geat could have stopped Grendel's mother because she

• was bent on revenge.

• was a grieving mother avenging her son's death.

• hated the Danes and Geats for killng her son.

• All answers are correct

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To add to the death Grendel's mother had caused, she also

• sets Herot on fire.

• destroys Hrothgar's throne.

• retrieves Grendel's arm.

• None of these answers are correct

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Which choices include alliteration AND kenning?

• "...wolf-dens where water pours down..."

• "Smashing their shining swords..."

• "...shepherd of evil, guardian of crime..."

• "...sliding silently towards that gold-shining hall..."

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Which textul evidence describes Grendel's mother's "lair" where she "dwelt with her son?"

• "...where mist steams like black clouds..."

• ..."groves of trees...covered with frozen spray..."

• All answer choices are correct

• "...roots...[that] wind sown snakelike..."

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Even a deer "refuses to save its life in" the water where Grendel's Mother's resides.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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When Hrothgar says "Seek if you dare! Save us once more,..." would best be identified as the Hero's

• Call to Action

• Status Quo

• Approach

• Crisis

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