Beowulf Review (Grendel and Mother)

Who is Hrothgar?

• Danish thane who taunts Beowulf; later offers a sword

• King of the Geats who sends his men to help the Danes

• King of the Danes; builder of famous mead-hall

• Sea nymph-like monster, seeks vengeance on Danes

Who is Beowulf?

• A heroic warrior who later becomes King of the Geats

• Only thane who stays with hero during the dragon battle

• Important Danish official; killed by Grendel’s mother

• Arrives from sea as a child. Founds royal Danish line

Who is Grendel?

• A monster who bears the curse of the descendants of Cain

• Grand mead-hall named for stag to symbolize kinship

• Only thane who stays with hero during the dragon battle

• Danish thane who taunts Beowulf; later offers a sword

“Swan-road” is an example of what?

• Alliteration

• Kenning

• Rhythm

• Caesura

Which of the following does NOT contain alliteration?

• from a friendless foundling, a feeble

• whereby God punished the grievous guilt

• to the shore of ocean; a ring-prowed boat

• of his blood was begotten an evil brood

In the sentence “but the bold one found that the battle-flasher would bite no longer, nor harm her life,” battle-flasher is a kenning for _____.

• sword

• chain mail

• Grendel

• horse

Beowulf is an ____ because it is a long, narrative poem about a hero.

• Epic

• Kenning

• Essay

• Limerick

How does Beowulf defeat Grendel?

• cuts his head off

• rips his arm off

• rips his leg off

• talks him in to committing seppuku

Why does Grendel initially attack Heorot?

• Beowulf killed his mother

• He had not eaten for hundreds of years

• He hears and hates their music and singing

• Hrothgar stole his pogs

Where does Grendel's mother live?

• In a cave guarding an ancient treasure

• In Hrothgar's palace

• At the bottom of an evil lake

• Next to Grendel's apartment in Sweden