Beowulf/Anglo Saxon Review

Beowulf is a...

• Short story

• Autobiography

• Novel

• Epic poem

___ metaphorical phrase or compound word used to name a person, place, thing, or event directly. (i.e. shepherd of evil)

• kenning
• repetition
• allusion
• metaphor

An Anglo-Saxon poet was called 

• kenning
• scop
• caesura
• alliteration

Grendel gets angry because the men are ____________

• Singing loudly and praising God

• sleeping and won’t open the door

• Won’t give him any mead

How does the final battle end?

• Beowulf kills the dragon but is mortally wounded
• Beowulf dies and Wiglaf avenges him
• Beowulf is victorious and his thanes celebrate
• The dragon escapes

Grendel is a demon descended from ____________.

• Cain

• Abel

• Bocephus

What language is Beowulf written in?

• Old English

• Middle English

• Modern English

• Spanish

What weapon does Beowulf say he will use to fight Grendel?

• His sword, passed down from his father
• Only a shield for protection
• A trap large enough to grab Grendel's leg
• No weapon, just his hands

The name of the Mead Hall is

• Herot

• Hrunting

• Camelot

Before Beowulf was written down, it was an ____________ that got passed along by the Anglo Saxons.

• oral tale

• awesome story

• poem

• campfire legend