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Review for Beowulf

Review for Beowulf. Chapters 1 – 10. Chapters 1-10. Who sent the baby Scyld Scefing ? Answer: The god Odin. Chapters 1-10. Who sent the baby Scyld Scefing ? Answer: The god Odin. Chapters 1-10. Who is Hrothgar ?

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Review for Beowulf

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  1. Review for Beowulf Chapters 1 – 10

  2. Chapters 1-10 • Who sent the baby ScyldScefing? Answer: The god Odin

  3. Chapters 1-10 • Who sent the baby ScyldScefing? Answer: The god Odin

  4. Chapters 1-10 • Who is Hrothgar? Answer: King of the Danes who battles Grendel for many years. He is great-grandson to ScyldScefing.

  5. Chapters 1-10 • What is Heorot? Answer: A great meeting place built by Hrothgar

  6. Chapters 1-10 • Who is Wealhtheow? Answer: Queen of the Danes and wife of Hrothgar. She’s beautiful and clever.

  7. Chapters 1-10 • On what special occasion did Grendel first attack? Answer: The celebration for the opening of Heorot.

  8. Chapters 1-10 • What is the fen? Answer: A fen is a swamp-like land, home of the monsters.

  9. Chapters 1-10 • How does Unferth show his true character in the story (two ways). Answer: *He challenges Beowulf and tries to embarrass him as he first arrives. *He scratches at his festering boil. *He kills Aeschere

  10. Chapters 1-10 • What is Beowulf’s home country? Answer: Geatland

  11. Chapters 1-10 • Tell one Christian reference found in the pagan story of Beowulf. Answer: *Grendel is the son of Cain from The Bible *Hrothgar crosses himself to ward off evil *Beowulf’s sword stuck in the ground looks like a cross

  12. Chapters 1-10 • How did Hrothgar survive an attack by Grendel? Answer: Wealtheow throws a burning brand down near him and the flaring light scares the monster away. She throws herself over his injured body to protect Hrothgar from the monster.

  13. Chapters 1-10 • Tell the adventure of Beowulf and Breca. Answer: Beowulf and Breca were boyhood friends who challenged each other to a swimming contest with their swords. They swam for 5 days until a storm separated them. Beowulf killed 9 sea monsters. Both boys survived.

  14. Chapters 1-10 • What surprises Hrothgar about Beowulf’s plan to defeat Grendel? Answer: He’s unarmed.

  15. Chapters 1-10 • Who is present the night Beowulf fights Grendel? Does anybody die? Answer: Beowulf, all his Geat warriors and Unferth are present. One Geat warrior gets eaten in the battle.

  16. Chapters 1-10 • How do the Danes show gratitude to Beowulf for the defeat of Grendel? (2 ways) Answer: *They hold a three day feast in his honor *They give him many valuable gifts (horses, a sword, a gold necklace)

  17. Chapters 1-10 • How does Beowulf kill her? Answer: He strangles her.

  18. Chapters 1-10 • How does Unferth die? Answer: His head was ripped off.

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