Beowulf Review ENG403A

Where did Beowulf face Grendel?

• Heorot, in the mead hall

• In the sea, where Beowulf had fought many monsters

• In Hrothgar's summer cabin

• In the swamp near Grendel's home

Where does Grendel live?

• deep in the swamp/marsh

• the jungle

• the ocean

• the city

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After ripping open the doors and eating a man, what stops Grendel from killing more men?

• Beowulf's grip on his arm

• King Hrothgar's attack

• Sunlight

• His instant death

The Danish King

• Hrothgar

• Higlac

• Healfdane

• Beowulf

What advantage does Beowulf have in his fight with Grendel?

• his superior strength

• his sword

• his age

• the power of his army

What causes Grendel to wail loudly in the hall?

• Beowulf has wounded him horribly

• The hall is empty when he appears

• Grendel wants to take Beowulf back to his cave as a captive

• Grendel is scared of the Danes who fight alongside Beowulf

The people who traveled around to tell the ancient stories were called

• scops or bards

• poets

• a DJ

Which of the following lines does NOT demonstrate Beowulf's characteristics as an epic hero?

• "'I've never known fear, as a youth I fought/In endless battles.'" (lines 608-9)

• "...the strongest of the Geats—greater/And stronger than anyone anywhere in this world—" (lines 110-11)

• "...he knows of your noble birth/And that having come to him from over the open/Sea you have come bravely..." (lines 128-30)

• "I have heard,/Too, that the monster's scorn of men/Is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none." (lines 166-68)

Beowulf is thought to be written by

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• William Shakespeare

• Homer

• An unknown, traveling Anglo-Saxon poet

How does Beowulf defeat Grendel, and what happens to Grendel?

• Beheads him with a magic sword, and he dies immediately

• Rips his arm off, and Grendel goes back to his lair and dies there

• His thanes ambush Grendel when he enters the mead hall and kill him

• Grendel is burned to death in his own fire