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Besides the noise of the merrymaking what is another probable reason Grendel wanted to hurt the Danes?
He had been exiled by both God and men.
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Beowulf represents the culture of which people from British history?
Anglo-Saxons
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How does Grendel’s mother die?
Beowulf kills her with a giant’s sword he found in the lair.
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How many years have passed between the fight with Grendel's mother and the Dragon?
50
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Beowulf chooses this warrior to become king upon his death
Wiglaf
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Beowulf is written in what language?
Old English
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How does Beowulf die?
Unaided by most of the warriors, Beowulf is killed as he and Wiglaf fight the dragon.
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How are the Danes tortured for 12 years?
Grendel continues killing each night keeping them out of the hall
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What is the name of a skilled story teller or Anglo-Saxon poet?
Scop
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Who is the King of the Danes, the King who Beowulf comes to help?
Hrothgar
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Of the three monsters Beowulf faces in the poem, only this monster resides in Geatland
Dragon
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Grendel's mother lives in a lair underneath a?
Lake
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Beowulf must battle Grendel with his bare hands because
Grendel had magically made all weapons useless against him
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How does Grendel die?
Beowulf tears Grendel's arm from his body at the shoulder and Grendel runs to his home in the marshes where he dies.
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What type of poem is Beowulf?
Epic
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How many years does the mead-hall stay closed?
12 winters
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What does Beowulf request to be built after his death?
Tower/Statue
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What did Beowulf do to Grendel’s body when he found it in his mother’s lair?
Cut off is head and brought it to Hrothgar as a trophy.
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What does every warrior know is inevitable?
Death
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What is the name of the hall built by Hrothgar?
Heorot
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What biblical figure is Grendel connected to?
Cain
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What is Hrunting?
Sword
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Beowulf becomes the king of which people from western Sweden?
Geats
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A Danish warrior was called a what?
Thane
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What is a person from Denmark called?
Dane
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Beowulf becomes King of
Geatland
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What were the warriors always doing when Grendel attacked?
Sleeping
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What did Beowulf do to Grendel's body when he found it his mother's lair?
Cut off it's head as a trophy and brought it to Hrothgar.
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When Beowulf refers to Grendel’s mother as ”she-devil,” he is using what Anglo-Saxon literary device?
Kenning
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Grendel represents
evil
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What is the name of the only warrior to aid Beowulf in fighting the dragon?
Wiglaf
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What seems to be Grendel's mother's motive for attacking Heorot?
Revenge
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Why does Wiglaf fight the dragon along with Beowulf?
He respected Beowulf and knew his king needed help.
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