Beowulf Test Review

Ancient stories about heroes recited or sun and passed down orally from generation to generation are:

The author’s purpose in connecting Grendel to a biblical figure is most likely to achieve what end?

Weapon that was effective in killing Grendel’s mother

It is said that Unferth’s sword Hrunting had tasted blood in many battles. What type of figurative language is this?

What is the author’s purpose in listing so many details about the mere?

Two items that Beowulf brings back from the mere:

When women appear in the Beowulf text, women are best said to be characterized as

The Danish warrior Unferth is best characterized as feeling what emotion towards Beowulf?

Who did Beowulf have a swimming contest with?

Grendel is said to be a descendant of whom?

How many winters did the monster terrorize the mead hall?

Why did Unferth lose his reputation at the mere?

Beowulf boasts that he will fight Grendel in what manner?

What is the purpose of the story of Beowulf?

Unferth’s gift of his sword, Hrunting, to Beowulf signifies what plot development?

The Danish watcher initially feels what emotion when first seeing Beowulf and his men.

Which of the phrases from the story demonstrates personification?

What was hung in the rafters of Herot as proof of Grendel’s defeat?

The Dane’s mead-hall constructed by Hrothgar is called what name?

What does King Hrothgar do to reward Beowulf for his victory?

Two items that Grendel’s mother takes from Herot:

What does the slave steal that awakens the dragon from his slumber?

Beowulf is able to defeat Grendel in what manner?

Details/images/character types that occur frequently in literature and myth (for example, Beowulf as dragon slayer) are:

Which of the following things does Beowulf not do before he dies?

Who is the Danish king?

Who did Grendel’s mother kill?

Jagged cliffs, a mere with water snakes/sea monsters/fiery waters/ thorny trees all describe which location?

The kenning “whale-road” most nearly means

How does Beowulf die?