Beowulf Test 23-24

Match the following

• the first monster (antagonist)

• The Monster's Lair

• wolf-dens, mist steams like snakes

• Wiglaf

• Beowulf's loyal friend

• Grendel

Match the following

• protagonist - comes to help Hrothgar

• Hrothgar

• gold covered hall, Grendel attacks here

• Herot

• Danish King

• Beowulf

Match the following

• kenning

• beginning letters repeated in a sentence or phrase

• imagery

• vivid description that make the reader use their senses

• personification

• refers to a famous or well-known person, place, event or work of art to give deeper meaning

• alliteration

• giving human qualities to non-human objects

• allusion

• a compound word or phrase that renames or is in used in place of a noun

the iron sang

• personification

• imagery

• alliteration

• simile

• kenning

shepherd of evil, guardian of crime, ring giver

• personification

• imagery

• alliteration

• simile

• kenning

covered with hammered gold and glowing in the sun

• personification

• imagery

• alliteration

• simile

• kenning

the ship foamed through the sea like a bird

• personification

• imagery

• alliteration

• simile

• kenning

After Beowulf defeated the monster's mother and after defeating the dragon, a bright light suddenly appeared, "shining everywhere." This is evidence of

• Good defeating evil

• Beowulf being the real deal

• indication that more evil was around

At the beginning of Beowulf, the monster Grendel is described as a "descendant of Cain." This is an example of

• imagery

• allusion

• alliteration

• metaphor

How was Beowulf able to defeat the monster's mother?

• he was strong enough to use the magic sword he just happened to find

• using her own dagger on her

• pure determination

• he had help from his warriors