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WorksheetsThe Battle with Grendel
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
Why does Beowulf allow one of his followers to be taken by Grendel before he attacks him?
Beowulf is scared out of his wits when he actually sees Grendel.
Beowulf wants to lull Grendel into a false sense of complacency to catch him off guard.
Beowulf is waiting for the follower to fight back to distract Grendel.
Grendel moved so swiftly through the cloudy night.
Which does not reinforce the idea of Grendel as a force for evil?
He had visited Hrothgar's Home before, knew the way--
Gleamed in the darkness, burned with a gruesome Light.
Intended to tear the life from those bodies
With the thought of food and the feasting his belly Would soon know.
When Higlac's follower puts that tight grip on the shepherd of evil, what was Grendel's first thought?
kick
scream
fight
run
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
"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
"..., the tears torn out of Grendel's Taut throat,...." Taut most nearly means ____.
orange-brown; yellowish-brown in color
of little depth, not deep, surface level
stiff, rigid, tense, tight
mute, uncommunicative, tight-lipped
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.
What was put in memorial as victory by "He who had come to them from across the sea,"?
Hrothgar's armor on the mantle of the door.
Beowulf's helmet hung from the king's throne room.
Beowulf's shield dipped in gold and mounted on the door of Herot.
The monster's arm, claw, and shoulder hung from the rafters of Herot.
"...mounted their hard-hooved Horses, high-spirited stallions, and rode them slowly toward Herot again,..." Identify the figurative language.
alliteration
simile
personification
extended metaphor
“So the living sorrow of Healfdane’s son
Simmered, bitter and fresh, and no wisdom
Or strength could break it”
“Great bodies beating at its beautiful walls”
