Beowulf

What is the name of the place Beowulf came from?

• The promise land

• Land of the Geats

• Land of the monarchs

• The Herotland

Beowulf is killed by Grendel's mother

• False

• True

Beowulf is thought to be written by

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• William Shakespeare

• Homer

• An unknown, traveling Anglo-Saxon poet

Choose the best alliteration definition:

• The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
• The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.

What language is Beowulf written in?

• Latin

• Middle English

• Welsh

• Old English

Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother with ______________

• His bare hands

• His sword Hrunting

• Excalibur

• A magic sword

Beowulf is a(n)_____________________

• short story

• play

• novel

• epic poem

Who is Hrothgar?

• King of the Swedes

• King of the Danes

• King of the British

• King of the Geats

What was the monster's name?

• Hrothgar

• Geat

• Beowulf

• Grendel

What type of monster killed Beowulf?

• A witch

• A man-eating beast

• A dragon

• A werewolf