Classwork Homework Date Due Name Date Period BEOWULF STUDY GUIDE PART 3 LANGUAGE ARTS 4 COLLEGE PREP MUNSELL 84 POINTS POSSIBLE Section 1 The Battle With Grendel s Mother Directions: Using pages 47-51 in the purple textbook as a reference, complete the following sentences. 1. Beowulf (does or does not) accept Hrothgar s challenge to battle Grendel s mother. 2. How long did it take for Beowulf to reach the bottom of the lake? 3. The poet describes Grendel s mother as a greedy. 4. How long had Grendel s mother ruled her wet world without being disturbed by creatures from above? 5. Grendel s mother grabs Beowulf; she (is or is not) able to harm him. 6. Grendel s mother (is or is not) assisted in her attack on Beowulf by other sea beasts. 7-8 The lake is compared to a (n) which symbolizes. 9. Hrunting is Beowulf s. 10- Beowulf is disappointed to learn that his and 11. have failed him in his fight with Grendel s mother. 12. Beowulf then uses his as a weapon against Grendel s mother. 13- Beowulf s and desire for are the only 14. things that keep him from giving up.
15- When Grendel s mother tackles Beowulf and 16. prepares to stab him with her dagger, the two things that save him are and. 17- Beowulf finds a heavy hanging on the wall which was 18. hammered by and blessed by their magic. 19. Beowulf strikes Grendel s mother in the and kills her. 20. Beowulf cuts off Grendel s as a final revenge. 21. What is the total number of Hrothgar s men that Grendel killed? 22. When Hrothgar and his wise old warriors see waves surging and blood spurting through the monsters lake, they assume that Beowulf has. 23. Who has more faith that Beowulf will return: the Geats or the Danes? 24- What are the two treasures that Beowulf takes with 25. him from the monsters hall? 26. What happens to the sword that Beowulf used to decapitate Grendel? 27. List one adjective that the poet uses to describe how the lake has changed after the deaths of Grendel and his mother. 28. Beowulf is described as the noble protector of all. 29. How many Geat warriors does it take to carry Grendel s head back to Herot? 30. Beowulf is physically stronger than his men because he carries Grendel s head by the. 31. It is important for the Danes to see Grendel s head as evidence that his reign of terror is. 32. is the queen of the Danes. 33. The line It was a weird/and wonderful sight, and the warriors stared is an example of what literary device? 34. Name one quality that Beowulf displays in this second battle.
Section 2 Beowulf s Last Battle Directions: Using pages 52-55 in the purple textbook as a reference, complete the following sentences. 35- After his and die, Beowulf becomes king 37. of the Geats and rules in peace for years. 38- One day a fire-breathing that has been guarding 40. a treasure for hundreds of years is disturbed by a (n), who enters the treasure tower and steals a (n). 41. Even though he is now a (n) man, Beowulf will take on the challenge of ridding his kingdom of this new enemy. 42. Beowulf s farewell to his followers indicates: A. he is courageous and stoic. B. he believes he is fated to meet the dragon. C. he accepts his fate without question. E. None of the above. 43. Beowulf asks his followers to stay close by because: A. he wants them to see him perform heroic deeds. B. he wants their moral support. C. he isn t as sure of himself as he says he is and wants help to be nearby if he needs it E. None of the above 44- Beowulf will use his shield, sword, and armor this time 45. because his enemy s will be burning hot and poison will pour from his. 46- Beowulf s and fail him, and for the first time 48. in his life, Beowulf fights with against him. 49. Despite incredible odds against him, Beowulf fights to the bitter end because: A. he has a heroic reputation to maintain. B. he is a man of action who never gives up. C. he is a man of courage who faces death as squarely as he has always faced danger. E. None of the above
50- All of Beowulf s followers abandon him in his hour of 51. need except for, son of. 52- This follower exemplifies the heroic qualities of 53. and when he remembers what he owes his king and joins Beowulf in battle. 54. Beowulf fails to defeat the dragon because he is no longer. Section 3 The Death of Beowulf/Mourning Beowulf Directions: Using pages 56-60 in the purple textbook as a reference, complete the following sentences. 55. After Wiglaf joins the fight, Beowulf attacks the dragon again single-handedly but is wounded in the. 56. Wiglaf and Beowulf (are or are not) successful in slaying the dragon. 57. Beowulf (does or does not) know that his wound is fatal. 58- In lines 736-740, Beowulf uses the metaphor of 59. a (n) to symbolize. 60. Beowulf (does or does not) have an heir. 61. Beowulf (does or does not) have any regrets about the manner in which he has lived his life. 62. Beowulf commands Wiglaf to seize the dragon s. 63. Name one item Wiglaf takes from the dragon s tower. 64. Wiglaf sprinkles on Beowulf to revive him. 65. Beowulf thanks for his good fortune. 66. Beowulf thinks his self-sacrifice (was or was not) worthwhile. 67. will be the next king of the Geats. 68. Beowulf wants his body to be entombed in a (n). 69. Beowulf will continue to aid his people after his death because his tomb will serve as a (n).
70- List the four items that Beowulf bequeaths 73. to Wiglaf. 74- After the battle is over, the rest of Beowulf s 75. followers return from the wood and are characterized as and. 76. While they wait for Wiglaf to speak, the rest of Beowulf s followers are compared to shamefaced. 77. The tone of Wiglaf s speech to the rest of Beowulf s followers is. 78. The rest of Beowulf s followers (will or will not) receive any of the wealth he gained in his victory. 79. The rest of Beowulf s followers will be branded with for the rest of their lives for abandoning their king in his greatest moment of need. 80. Beowulf s death is characterized as. 81. The Geats spent days building Beowulf s monument. 82. What method do the Geats use to dispose of dead bodies? 83. In addition to Beowulf s remains, name one item that is sealed with him in his monument. 84. of the bravest Geats rode their horses around the tower, /Telling their sorrow, telling stories/of their dead king and his greatness...