WorksheetsBeowulf Oct 27
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 9mins
Who/what is Herot?
King of the Danes
King of the Geats
A drinking hall
A great sword
Grendel is the grandson of...
Hrothgar
Beowulf
the devil
Cain
Beowulf has the strength of ____ men in each hand.
10
30
50
100
How does Beowulf defeat Grendel?
Rips his arm off
Chops his head off
Cuts him open from the crotch to the chin
Beats his head against the wall
What language is Beowulf written in?
Latin
Middle English
Welsh
Old English
The battle with Grendel occurs...
as soon as Beowulf is finished his boast.
after the banquet and Hrothgar and his men leave.
while Beowulf reiterates his desire to fight without his sword.
before the banquet and Beowulf and his men are stripped of their swords.
"By morning; the monster's mind was hot" (This is an example of a(n)...)
pun.
hyperbole.
oxymoron.
alliteration.
"Grasped at a strong-hearted wakeful sleeper" (Which best identifies line 270?)
kenning
caesura
haiku
limerick
What does writhing mean in context? "...his claws had been caught, he was trapped. That trip to Herot was a miserable journey for the writhing monster!"
unsuccessful
twisting, squirming in pain
running away terrified
hapless, hopeless, joyless
Anglo-Saxons were skillful builders and craftsmen with a love for beauty. "Hrothgar's wise men had fashioned Herot to stand forever; only ____ ... could shatter what such skill had put together..."
a magnificent fight of this sort
thunder and lightning
battering rams
fire
"Screams of the Almighty's enemy sang In the darkness,...." What does the underlined words signify?
a kenning referring to Grendel
a kenning referring to Beowulf
a caesura to make an emphasis here about Grendel
a caesura signifying a pause for impact
Why is Grendel such a formidable opponent?
He is the devil's spawn.
He cannot be harmed by weapons.
He is the master of Fortnite.
He is huge, hirsute, and horrendous.
The battle was over, Beowulf had been granted new glory: How?
Beowulf sliced Grendel's head clean off with a Samurai sword.
Beowulf dodged Grendel's blow and caused Grendel to slip and fall headlong.
Beowulf snapped Grendel's shoulder shredding muscle and splitting bone causing perfused bleeding and writhing pain.
Beowulf stamped on Grendel's head with his boot and crushed his skull skishing his eyeballs and caving in his nose.
