Beowulf Test Review

As a result of Grendel's attacks on Herot,

Literary term meaning "in the middle of the action."

Beowulf comes to Herot from

A fine paid to relatives of a murdered person to free the offender from punishment

A compound expression used in place of a noun.

Hrothgar's mead hall.

Beowulf slays the monster with a sword made by ___.

The center of social life during the Anglo-Saxon period was the

repeated use of consonant or vowel sound within a line

Beowulf battles at Herot and

hubris

Name of Beowulf's sword.

Grendel's mother kills Hrothgar's best friend and

Grendel could never touch Hrothgar's throne because it is

In describing Beowulf, the phrase, "noble protector of all seamen" is an example of

After he had defeated Grendel, Beowulf also had to battle

Belief in fate

Higlac

To celebrate the deeds of a hero, an entertainer called a(n) ___ sang his stories.

long narrative work that celebrates a hero

King of the Danes.

Beowulf boasted that he would kill the monster

The Beowulf epic compares Grendel to the murderous Biblical figure of ___.

Grendel causes trouble for the Danes for ___ years.

Beowulf says he won't use weapons against Grendel because

Beowulf's father.