WorksheetsBeowulf part 1 review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The story is set in which country?
a)
Geatland
b)
Sweden
c)
Norway
d)
Denmark
2.
How many men did Beowulf bring with him to Denmark?
a)
100
b)
14
c)
40
d)
39
3.
Who is Hrothgar?
a)
King of Geatland
b)
King of Sweden
c)
King of Norway
d)
King of Demark
4.
What is Herot?
a)
The mead hall
b)
Beowulf's ship
c)
Hrothgar's home
d)
Grendel's lair
5.
What is a kenning?
a)
Renaming a person
b)
Repetition of sounds
c)
Break in the middle of a line
d)
Comparison to something else
6.
Which is an example of a kenning for Beowulf?
a)
Mankind's enemy
b)
Strongest of the Geats
c)
Hrothgar's follower
d)
Evil fiend
7.
Which is an example of a kenning for Grendel?
a)
Higlac's follower
b)
Mightiest of warriors
c)
Mankind's enemy
d)
Strongest of the Geats
8.
What is an alliteration?
a)
Renaming a person
b)
Repetition of a sound
c)
Break in the middle of a line
d)
Comparison of something
9.
Choose the example of an alliteration.
a)
The brave watchman
b)
So mankind's enemy
c)
Glowing in the sun
d)
Sliding silently
10.
Grendel descended from:
a)
Cain
b)
Abel
c)
Abraham
d)
Moses
11.
What word(s) could best describe Beowulf?
a)
Easily scared
b)
Weak
c)
Royal
d)
Confident
12.
What did Beowulf do to win the battle with Grendel?
a)
Ripped off Grendel's head
b)
Cut Grendel in half
c)
Ripped off Grendel's arm
d)
Stabbed Grendel in the chest
13.
"Hrothgar's heart" is an example of what?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Caesura
c)
Kenning
d)
Metaphor
14.
Calling Grendel "the evil one" is an example of what?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Caesura
c)
Kenning
d)
Metaphor
15.
The battle with Grendel took place where?
a)
The Monster's lair
b)
In the forest
c)
In Herot
d)
In the sea
16.
Who is the next monster Beowulf will have to fight?
a)
Grendel's father
b)
Grendel's mother
c)
Grendel's sister
d)
Grendel's cousin's half-sister
17.
Beowulf comes from which country?
a)
Denmark
b)
Geatland
c)
Sweden
d)
Norway
18.
Beowulf kills Grendel's mother with what?
a)
His bare hands
b)
The sword called "Hrunting"
c)
A swift kick to the head
d)
His bow and arrow
19.
Who is Higlac?
a)
King of Denmark
b)
King of Sweden
c)
King of Geatland
d)
King of England
20.
Beowulf was written in which language?
a)
Middle English
b)
Modern English
c)
Swedish
d)
Old English
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