Do You Really Know Beowulf Trivia

What is your full name (as it appears in your course)?

Where is Beowulf from?

• Geatland

• Herot

• Denmark

• Germany

Which of the following is not true about Beowulf?

• He is the strongest warrior in the entire world

• He killed Grendel

• Beowulf is a perfect hero

• Beowulf was only interested in riches

How did Hrothgar know of Beowulf?

• He had done a favor for his father.

• Grendel tells Hrothgar of Beowulf.

• Beowulf was known as the strongest warrior.

• Beowulf was his cousin.

What weapon does Beowulf use to kill Grendel?

• a dagger

• a shield

• Unferth's sword

• none of the above

Who created the story of Beowulf?

• Christians

• Anglo-Saxons

• Germans

• Hrothgar

Grendel and the other giants are descendants of

• Jezebel

• Cain

• Adam

• Eve

Grendel cannot touch Hrothgar's throne because it is

• magic

• too bright

• is guarded heavily

• protected by God

The Christian monks who wrote Beowulf down probably disagreed with the Anglo-Saxon belief...

• Wyrd

• God

• Druids

• Heroes

Which one of the following is NOT an example of a kenning

• Word hoard (vocabulary)

• Ecgtheow's son (Beowulf)

• Great sea garment (ship's sail)

• Gem of heaven (sun)