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Question 1

Who is Grendel

Answer 1

The monster Beowulf fought

Question 2

Who is Grendel’s mother

Answer 2

The mother of the monster

Question 3

Who is Beowulf

Answer 3

The hero of the story

Question 4

who is Hrothgar

Answer 4

The King

Question 5

who is Wiglaf

Answer 5

The most loyal subject to Beowulf

Question 6

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Answer 6

Alliteration

Question 7

An interruption or a break

Answer 7

Caesura

Question 8

A story usually about a hero

Answer 8

epic

Question 9

An expression or use of words from Old English that have a metaphorical meaning

Answer 9

Kenning

Question 10

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Answer 10

metaphor

Question 11

Giving and item or something human traits

Answer 11

Personification

Question 12

A phrase that uses like or as

Answer 12

simile

Question 13

What poetic devices did the Anglo-Saxons use to help make their stories sound better?

Answer 13

kenning,
Cesura

Question 14

As Beowulf is dying, what does Beowulf ask to be done in his honor?

Answer 14

For them to build a statue of him

Question 15

How does Beowulf plan to fight Grendel? Why does he make this decision?

Answer 15

He fought him without any armor or weapons because Grendel didn’t use any

Question 16

How does Grendel’s mother respond to Grendel’s death?

Answer 16

She starts to kill people

Question 16

Contrast the fight between Beowulf and Grendel to the fight between Grendel’s mother?

Answer 16

Beowulf had to use armor and weapons for Grendel’s mother while he did not for Grendel.

Question 17

Why is Beowulf still read/ or important today?

Answer 17

Because it shows the importance to values held by the Danish people

Question 18

What is the mead hall symbol for in Beowulf?

Answer 18

It is a symbol for peace and safety.

Question 19

Who was the first pilgrim the narrator describes to the reader

Answer 19

The knight

Question 20

Where does the narrator meet the pilgrims

Answer 20

Southwark

Question 21

where are the pilgrims traveling to? Why?

Answer 21

To Canterbury

Question 22

How many total pilgrims are making this trip?

Answer 22

29

Question 23

What does the in keeper suggest the pilgrims do on their journey?

Answer 23

He tells them all to make a competition and writes stories to see who has the best

Question 23

When does the prologue take place

Answer 23

1170

Question 24

What is the reward for the winner?

Answer 24

A better dinner

Question 25

What is the moral of the pardoners tale?

Answer 25

The root of evil is greed

Question 26

Why is this lesson ironic?

Answer 26

because everyone is greedy

Question 27

What are the rioters searching for at the beginning of the tale? What is ironic about them searching for this?

Answer 27

They are looking for death to kill it, but little do they know it will find them.

Question 28

What sins are the three rioters guilty of committing

Answer 28

Pride, greed, lust

Question 29

When asked where death is, how does the old man respond to the three?

Answer 29

itis over there in that forest.

Question 30

What do they find under the tree?

Answer 30

They find treasure which will eventually cause them to kill each other.

Question 31

What does the younger rioter plan to do to the older rioters

Answer 31

he plans to poison them and take the treasure for himself

Question 32

What do the two older rioters plan to do to the younger rioter

Answer 32

stab him in the back with a knife.

Question 33

Explain what happens at the end of the tale?

Answer 33

They all die