BEOWULF TEST STUDY GUIDE WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

Who is Hrothgar? correct answersKing of the Danes (people of Denmark) What is Herot? correct answersA wooden, large mead hall where men of the community go to meet, celebrate, eat, sleep, etc. Describe Grendel using 4 specific details from the text. correct answersa) powerful monster b) demon, fiend who haunts the moors (marshy wild land) c) spawned (given birth) by a pair of monsters descended from Cain d) has great claws - tears apart and eats men/drinks their blood What irritates Grendel and becomes his motive for attacking Herot? correct answersThe men are happy, enjoy music, live in nature's beauty, enjoy each other's company in the mead hall - all things he can not do/jealous Give a detail of Grendel's attack correct answersHe sneaks up at night, grabs men and smashes them, runs out with their bodies, takes them to his lair as food. . Name a specific ancient ancestor of Grendel. correct answersCain What happens to Herot? correct answersThe mead hall stays empty for years: 12 winters. It is constantly attacked by Grendel who would not agree to any kind of truce or payoff. Grendel would never touch the king's throne because it was protected by God. Who is Beowulf? correct answersA young warrior from Geatland. He is "strongest of the Geats" and "greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in the world." Name the country from which Beowulf comes. correct answersGeatland (southern tip of what is now Sweden - see your maps)