| A | B |
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| HOW WAS BEOWULF DESCRIBED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY? | A MAN WHO WAS BOLD AND FEARLESS |
| WHERE DID THE OGRE, GRENDEL, LIVE? | IN MARSHES IN THE COUNTRY OF DENMARK |
| WHY DID GRENDEL TERRORIZE THE DANES? | HE HATED THE DANES, THEIR KING, AND COULD NOT STAND HEARING THEM HAVE FUN WHILE HE LAY IN THE COLD SEA. |
| WHO WAS THE KING OF THE DANES OF DENMARK? | KING HROTHGAR (ROTH-GAR) |
| WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE HALL, OR MEETING PLACE, OF THE DANES WHICH WAS THE PLACE THE OGRE WOULD TERRORIZE? | HEOROT (HAY-OH-ROT) |
| HOW MANY YEARS HAD GRENDEL TERRORIZED THE DANES? | 12 YEARS |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PLACE BEOWULF CAME FROM? | LAND OF THE GEATS (YEETS) |
| HOW DID BEOWULF AND HIS MEN GET TO DENMARK? 5 | THEY SAILED THERE. |
| HOW MANY MEN WENT TO DENMARK WITH BEOWULF? | 14 |
| HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE HELMETS OF THE GEATS (YEETS)? | MADE OF GOLD WITH BOARS SITTING ON THE TOP |
| HOW DID BEOWULF RESPOND WHEN ASKED WHO HE WAS? | “BEOWULF IS MIN NAMA” (BAY-OH-WOLF IS MEEN NAH-MAH) "BEOWULF IS MY NAME" |
| HOW DID THE KING OF DENMARK KNOW OF BEOWULF? | B MET THE KING OF DENMARK, AS A BOY, WHEN HIS FATHER ASKED KING HROTHGAR (ROTH-GAR) FOR HELP. |
| BEOWULF WAS KNOWN TO HAVE THE STRENGTH OF HOW MANY MEN? | THIRTY MEN |
| HOW DID THE BOOK DESCRIBE BEOWULF’S SHIRT? | WOVEN IRON AND SHINY |
| WHAT WAS B’S FATHER’S NAME? | ECGETHEOW (EDGE-THEY-OH) |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO B’S FATHER, ECGETHEOW (EDGE-THEY-OH) | THE KING SAID “HE IS NO MORE” |
| WHY DID B DECIDE TO FIGHT GRENDEL WITHOUT WEAPONS? | “SINCE GRENDEL WIELDS NO WEAPON, NEITHER SHALL I.” |
| WHY DIDN’T B’S MEN’S SWORDS WORK AGAINST GRENDEL? | GRENDEL, THE OGRE, WEAKENED THE WEAPONS WITH A SPELL . |
| HOW DID GRENDEL GET AWAY FROM B’S GRASP DURING THEIR FIGHT? | GRENDEL TORE HIMSELF FREE FROM B BY TEARING AWAY SO HARD THAT HIS ARM TORE OFF. |
| WHERE DID THE DANES SEE GRENDEL’S ARM THE NEXT MORNING? | SLUNG FROM A RAFTER |
| WHAT DID KING HROTHGAR DO TO REWARD BEOWULF AND HIS MEN FOR KILLING GRENDEL? | GOLD, HORSES, FED THEM, AND LET B SIT AMONG HIS SONS |
| WHAT HAPPENED AT HEOROT THE NIGHT AFTER BEOWULF KILLED GRENDEL? | HIS MOTHER ARRIVED AT HEOROT HALL TO SETTLE THE SCORE, SNATCHED A MAN, AND FLED WITH GRENDEL’S ARM. (HER NAME NEVER NEVER STATED.) |
| HOW LONG DID IT TAKE BEOWULF TO REACH THE LAIR (LAY-ER) AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MARSH TO GET TO GRENDEL’S MOTHER? | HALF A DAY |
| WHAT DID THE MOTHER DO WHEN HER CLAWS COULD NOT PENETRATE BEOWULF’S IRON SHIRT TO HURT HIM? | SHE CALLED FOR HER DRAGONS TO ATTACK BEOWULF, BUT THEY WERE DEFEATED AND SWAM AWAY. |
| DURING THE FIGHT IN THE LIAR, WHY DIDN’T BEOWULF’S SWORD HARM THE MOTHER? | THE MOTHER WEAKENED BEOWULF’S SWORD WITH A SPELL. |
| HOW DID BEOWULF KILL THE MOTHER? | BEOWULF DISCOVERED A GIANT’S STEEL SWORD ON THE WALL AND WITH ONE SWING HE KILLED HER WITH THE SWORD. |
| AFTER KILLING THE MOTHER AND CUTTING OFF DEAD GRENDEL’S HEAD, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SWORD? | THE BLADE MELTED AND ONLY THE HILT WAS LEFT. |
| WHAT DID KING HROTHGAR GIVE BEOWULF AFTER HE KILLED THE MOTHER? | 12 CHESTS OF GOLD, GEMS, AND A FATHER’S KISS |
| WHAT DID B DO UPON RETURNING TO THE LAND OF THE GEATS (YEETS)? | HE GAVE ALL THE TREASURE HE EARNED TO KING HYGELAC (HYOOG-GUH-LACK), THE KING OF THE GEATS, AND TOLD THE KING OF HIS DEEDS IN DENMARK. |
| WHAT DID KING HYGELAC “BESTOW” UPON BEOWULF? | THE KING’S GEM-STUDDED SWORD, LAND, AND A GREAT HALL. |
| WHO BECAME THE KING OF THE GEATS, AFTER KING HYGELAC AND HIS SONS DIED? | BEOWULF BECAME THE KING OF THE GEATS. |
| AFTER ________ WINTERS WENT BY, THE LAND OF THE GEATS WAS ATTACKED BY A ____________________________ . | 50 -------DRAGONS------FIRE WORM---FLYING FIRE SNAKES |
| THE (1)D______________ HAD SLEPT FOR (2)_____________ YEARS IN A (3) L_______ BENEATH THE (4) E_____ AND WATCHED OVER HIS (5) G______ AND (6) G_________ . | 1. DRAGON 2. 300 3. LAIR 4. EARTH 5. GOLD 6. GEMS |
| WHY DID THE DRAGON DECIDE TO ATTACK THE LAND OF THE GEATS? | A MAN STOLE A GOLDEN DRINKING CUP FROM THE DRAGON’S STASH OF GOLD. |
| BECAUSE A GOLD CUP WAS STOLEN, WHAT DID THE DRAGON DO FOR REVENGE? | BURNED THINGS, EVEN BEOWULF’S HALL, THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM, AND KILLED PEOPLE |
| BEOWULF HAD A SMITH MAKE HIM AN I____ S____ TO WITHSTAND THE DRAGON’S F____ AND ASKED FOR HIS S______. | IRON SWORD FIRE SWORD |
| WHO ACCOMPANIED BEOWULF TO THE OPENING OF THE DRAGON’S LAIR? | 11 MEN AND THE “WRETCH” THAT STOLE FROM THE DRAGON |
| BEOWULF CALLED FOR THE “FIRE WORM” WHO SOON APPEARED. B’S SWORD COULD NOT HURT THE DRAGON, BUT THE DRAGON BLASTED B WITH FIRE FROM ABOVE. SOON, ALL THE MEN PANICED AND FLED EXCEPT W______________. | WIGLAF |
| WHILE FIGHTING WITH THE DRAGON, WHAT HAPPENED TO B’S SWORD? | THE SWORD BROKE INTO TWO PIECES. |
| WHILE W________ AND B FOUGHT WITH THE DRAGON, B USED A K___________ FROM HIS BELT AND KILLED THE DRAGON. | WIGLAF ------- KNIFE |
| WHY DID BEOWULF DIE? | HE WAS BURNED BY THE DRAGON’S BLAST OF FIRE, BITTEN IN THE NECK BY THE DRAGON AND WAS POISONED BY THE DRAGON’S DEADLY SPIT. |
| WHAT 2 THINGS DID BEOWULF TELL WIGLAF TO DO BEFORE HE DIED? | GATHER ALL THE DRAGON’S GOLD AND BURN BEOWULF’S BODY HIGH ON A CLIFF FOR ALL TO SEE. |
| WHAT DID BEOWULF GIVE TO WIGLAF BEFORE HE DIED? | " I GIVE ALL TO YOU", PLUS HIS NECK RING & HIS HELMET |
| WHAT WERE BEOWULF’S “LAST WORDS” BEFORE HE DIED? | (ICH HIM AFTER SHALE) = I MUST FOLLOW THEM. |
| WHAT DID THE MEN DO WITH THE BODY OF THE DRAGON OR “FIRE WORM”? | THEY SHOVED IT OVER A CLIFF. |
| AS BEOWULF’S BODY BURNED, WHAT HAPPENED? | A WOMAN SANG A “SORROW SONG” ABOUT FOES WHO WOULD NOW COME UPON THEM, LIKE RAVENS AND WOLVES, NOW THAT BEOWULF WAS GONE. |
| AT THE END OF THE STORY, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIRE WORM’S GOLD AND GEMS? | WIGLAF AND THE MEN BURIED THEM DEEP INSIDE A HILL THEY BUILT WITH THE ASHES FROM BURNING BEOWULF . |
| BEOWULF IS A H__________ P___________ THAT WAS RECITED BY POET OR _____________ . | SCOP ("SHOPES") |
| WHAT 3 DIFFERENT WEAPONS DID THE GEATS HAVE WHEN THEY WENT TO DENMARK? | SPEARS----KNIVES IN THEIR BELTS---SWORDS |
| WHAT ITEMS STOOD ON THE HILLS ON THE WAY TO HEOROT? | "OLD WOODEN GODS" (STATUES THAT THE WORSHIPPED.) |
| WHERE DID THE DANISH KING SAY MAYBE BEOWULF HAD BEEN SENT FROM? | "MAYBE HEAVEN HAS SENT HIM TO FIGHT GRENDEL" |
| WHAT DID GRENDEL DO NIGHT AFTER NIGHT? | HE ATE HIS FILL OF THE KING'S MEN. |
| WHY DID B GO TO HELP THE DANES? | HE HAD SWORN TO HELP HIM IF NEEDED AND HE WAS ALSO KEEPING HIS FATHER PROMISE TO REPAY THE KING FOR HIS HELP. |
| WHEN DID THE DANES LEAVE HEOROT AFTER B FOUGHT WITH GRENDEL? | THE LEFT AT TWILIGHT. |
| AFTER B FOUGHT WITH GRENDEL, WHO STAYED IN HEOROT THAT NIGHT? | THE DANES FELT SAFE AND STAYED. B AND HIS MEN STAYED ELSE WHERE. |
| WHERE DID B FIGHT GRENDEL? | THEY FOUGHT IN HEOROT HALL. |
| WHAT KIND OF GRIP WAS IT STATED THAT BEOWULF HAD? | A "LOCKLIKE GRIP" + AN "IRON GRIP" |
| WHEN DID B AND THE OTHERS GO LOOKING FOR THE MOTHER IN HER LAIR? | AT DAWN |
| WHEN THEY WENT TO THE MOTHER'S LAIR, WHAT MADE THE DRAGONS HIDING IN THE CLIFFS DIVE INTO THE WATER? | THE LOUD BLAST OF THE KING'S HORNS |
| WHAT DID B TELL KING HROTHGAR TO DO BEFORE HE WENT INTO THE WATER TO FIGHT THE MOTHER? | "LOOK AFTER MY MEN, IF I DON'T COME BACK". |
| WHO IS B TALKING ABOUT WHEN DYING AND HE SAYS THAT HE MUST FOLLOW THEM? WHO IS THEM? | "MY KINSMEN" |
