Anglo-Saxon Test Review

In the scene that follows the fight with Grendel, who is brooding with grief and greedy for revenge?

What do most of Beowulf's warriors do when they see he is losing the battle with the dragon?

Who is Unferth in Beowulf?

What is the Exeter Book?

What does Grendel hate the sound of?

Beowulf was originally written in Old English

How does Beowulf die?

Who is Wiglaf?

Beowulf takes 4 men with him to fight Grendel's mom

Who/what kills Beowulf?

Why couldn't Grendel harm Hrothgar's throne?

What does Wiglaf represent?

Hrothgar's men believed Beowulf died when they saw his mail coat float to the marsh's surface

Grendel's mother lived in a den under a marsh

Which of the following quotes from Beowulf outline Anglo-Saxon values?

What wound does Beowulf inflict on Grendel in their first battle?

What does Grendel's mother use to try and kill Beowulf?

What does the dragon symbolize through it's hoarding of treasure?

As the last section begins, how long has Beowulf reigned as King?

Who occupied the land before the Anglo-Saxons?

Who does Grendel's mother kill during the night and why does she choose this person?

What was the wife's lament?

Where does Beowulf see a "tremendous sword" in the lair of Grendel's mother?

What biblical allusion does the poet make in reference to Grendel?

How many Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were there?

What is Beowulf's flaw?

Who is the author of Beowulf?

In "The Wife's Lament," the wife was forced to stay in a burning castle

Wiglaf banishes the cowardly warriors after Beowulf's death

The dragon's treasure is split up between Wiglaf and the other warriors

What theme is illustrated by Grendel and his mother vs. Hrothgar and Beowulf?

Who is Hrothgar?

How does Hrothgar describe the swamp?

One theme in Beowulf is honoring the heroic code

"Edgetheow's son" is a kenning for Beowulf

What does Wiglaf fighting the dragon tell you about the importance of honor in the Anglo-Saxon period?

What religious shift is seen within the Anglo-Saxon time period?

What mood does the author's description of the swamp produce?

How does the fight in the lake contrast with the fight with Grendel?

Women were at the bottom of Anglo-Saxon tribes

How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?

The Seafarer was forced to sail on the sea against his will

What does Grendel's mother take off the wall in the hall?

Who forged the tremendous sword that is in Grendel's mother's lair?

What saves Beowulf's life from Grendel's mother's near fatal attack?

The Seafarer thought highly of city dwellers

What does Beowulf want built in his honor after he dies?

When the dragon wakes, what is missing from his treasure?

What is the purpose of the mead hall?

Anglo-Saxons believed strongly in:

Who/what is Herot?

When does Grendel attack the mead hall?

What does Wiglaf do when he sees Beowulf faltering in his fight with the dragon?

What happens to Wiglaf at the end of Beowulf?

Beowulf is the earliest known English poem

What does Beowulf do when he sees Grendel's body in the lair?

What is an epic?

The Anglo-Saxons were superstitious and believed in omens

"Grendel greedily grappled" is an example of:

What does Beowulf ask Wiglaf to bring him before he dies?

What is Hrunting?

Beowulf's body is buried under the mead hall

What is an elegy?