Beowulf Flashcards
The poem BEOWULF takes place in…
Scandinavia
Beowulf comes to Herot from…
Great Land
Grendel’s home is in…
The Marsh n’ Moors
Beowulf comes to Hrothgar’s kingdom to….
Fight Grendel and prove his heroism
To convince Hrothgar that he is qualified for his fight with Grendel, Beowulf explains that he had destroyed…
Sea monsters
Which of the following is not a quality of Beowulf’s that comes out in the story?
Compassion
Unferth taunts Beowulf because…
He is jealous of Beowulf’s fame
Which of these is not a motive of Grendel’s?
Revenge of the Death of his mother
When Grendel begins killing Hrothgar’s men, what do they do?
Abandoned Herot
As a result of Grendel’s attacks on Herot,…
The Denise warriors no longer sleep at Herot
When Beowulf grabs Grendel, Grendel realizes that Beowulf is…
The strongest man he has ever met
Beowulf kills Grendel by….
Tearing his arm off
Beowulf fights the dragon because it is….
Terrorizing the geese
During Beowulf’s battle with the dragon, all of his men…
Except one of his, flees
The structure at Beowulf’s burial site is….
Meant to function as a memorial
