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WorksheetsBeowulf
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Where does Grendel live?
deep in the swamp/marsh
the jungle
the ocean
the city
What is the name of the place Beowulf came from?
The promise land
Geatland
Land of the monarchs
The Herotland
How many winters did Grendel terrorize Herot?
150 years
6 years
30 years
12 winters/years
Who was the King of the Danes?
Grendel
Beowulf
Wiglaf
Hrothgar
What was the name of the Mead Hall?
Herot
Bungalow
Mead Hall
House of the Danes
Why was Grendel terrorizing Herot?
He disliked Danish food
He was annoyed by the loud music and noises
He had hoped for a pool instead
He was never invited to their parties
Grendel is a demon descended from ____________.
Cain
Abel
Bocephus
Odyseus
Beowulf is thought to be written by
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
Homer
An unknown, traveling Anglo-Saxon poet
During the Anglo Saxon period, bragging was considered
Overly prideful and rude
Unacceptable in society
Acceptable and even encouraged
Poetic and beautiful
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.
A two word renaming ( sometimes in the form of a prepositional phrase)
a kenning
alliteration
personification
allusion
"...Up from his swampland, sliding silently" is an example of which poetic device?
allusion
metaphor
alliteration
simile
"But fate, that night, intended Grendel to gnaw the bones of his last human supper" is an example of __________________.
alliteration
foreshadowing
allusion
simile
The type of imagery that appeals to your sense of touch is
Visual
Gustatory
Tactile
Olfactory
They type of imagery that appeals to one's sense of smell is
Tactile
Gustatory
Auditory
Olfactory
"Seeing how Grendel hunted in his sleep" is an example of which type of characterization?
indirect characterization
direct characterization
All are kennings that refer to Grendel except:
mankind's enemy
shadow of death
Higlac's Follower
devil's spawn
Wergild was also referred to as "Man Price" by the Anglo-Saxons
True
False
Comitatus was the reward a king would award his subjects for loyalty and success in battle
True
False
All Hrothgar's men stayed loyal to him throughout the reign of terror inflicted upon them by Grendel .
True
False
"He snatched up 30 men , smashed them/ unknowingly in their beds and ran out with their bodies, / The blood dripping behind him..." is an example of which type of imagery?
tactile
visual
visual & auditory
olfactory & gustatory
The word patriarchal refers to a society run by
women
converted pagans
warriors
men
