WorksheetsBeowulf: "Chapter 1: The Wrath of Grendel"
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who is the author of Beowulf?
Anonymous
A Christian Monk
Unknown
Burton Raffel
What town does "The Monster Grendel" take place in?
England
Herot
Hrothgarlandia
Mead Hall
Who is the King of the Danes?
Beowulf
Grendel
Hrothgar
Shild the King
Replacing a name or pronoun with a descriptive trait to avoid repetition is...
alliterating
figurative language
kenning
onomatopoeia
"a powerful monster, living down in the darkness, growled in pain..." (1) is kenning for what character?
Hrothgar
Grendel
Cain
Beowulf
Who is Grendel conceived/spawned from?
Abel
Cain
Pagan evil
The Gods
When would Grendel attack Herot?
at night
when Beowulf wasn't in town
when Hrothgar was on his throne
at daybreak
How many men did Grendel kill and take with him the first time he attacked Herot?
12
18
30
100
How much time goes by between when we first meet Grendel to the end of the chapter?
30 long nights
12 winters
5 years later
8 Pagan years
"Hrothgar, their lord, sat joyless in Herot, a mighty prince mourning the fate of his lost friends" (2) is a __________ reference.
Christian
Pagan
Devil
God
"So mankind's enemy continued his crimes, killing as often as he could, coming alone, bloodthirsty and horrible" is kenning for...
Grendel
Hrothgar
The Devil
Pagans who don't believe
Why did Grendel never dare touch king Hrothgar's throne?
It was to well guarded by the warriors
Hrothgar challenged him to a dual
He was scared of Beowulf
it was protected by God
Who did Hrothgar's men make sacrifices too in attempt to get help with Grendel?
God
The Devil
The Old Stone Gods
Fria and Woden
What type of English was Beowulf written in?
Anglo Saxon English
Germanic
Old English
British
Who did the people begin praying when all else failed as their only hope?
Pagan Gods, like Tui
The Devil
God only
Grendel himself
Beowulf was told orally by Anglo Saxon warriors, but it's likely that a ____________ wrote it down officially.
God
Germanic warrior
Anglo Saxon
Christian Monk
What type of work is Beowulf?
Story
Play
Book
Epic Poem
All of these are traits of an epic here except...
Magic
Super strength
loyal to their country
God like tenancies
So far, who is the antagonist of Beowulf?
Hrothgar
Beowulf
Grendel
Cain
"So the living sorrow of Healfdane's son simmered bitter and fresh" is kenning for...
Beowulf
Hrothgar
Grendel
Yrs
How many men does Beowulf plan to bring with him to Herot?
1,000 his towns whole army
30 men who volunteered
14 of the bravest and the best Geats
He plans to go alone because he needs no help
Which suggests that Beowulf believes in fate?
"In his far off home Beowulf, Higlac's follower and the strongest of the Geats..."
"[Beowulf] Heard how Grendel filled nights with horror"
"He knew the sea, would point the prow straight to that distant danish shore"
"Beowulf chose the mightiest men he could find, the bravest and the best of the Geats"
Who are Beowulf's men referred to as?
The Danes
The Herots
The Geats
The Pagans
