Part I Fill in Each Blank Using Vocabulary from the Word Bank Below

Part I Fill in Each Blank Using Vocabulary from the Word Bank Below

A review of Beowulf

Part I – Fill in each blank using vocabulary from the word bank below.

alliteration Cain epicforeshadowing HeorotHrunting

kenning mead Middle EnglishOld English scop wergild

  1. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called a ______.

For example:

The white waves whipped the shore.

Woe of warriors

2. An Anglo-Saxon singer of tales like a minstrel or bard is called a ______.

3. ______is a mead hall which was the gathering place for feasting and drinking where the King and his warriors would go to have a good time.

4. ______was a popular alcoholic drink during the Anglo-Saxon time period.

5. Beowulf was written in ______.

6. This literary device which is a descriptive way of describing a noun is called a ______.

For example:

Whale’s road (sea), sea wood (ship), shield-bearer (warrior),

Twilight spoiler (dragon)

7. A(n) ______poem is a long poem telling a story about a hero and his adventures. Beowulf is an example of this type of poem.

8. The name of the sword Unferth gives to Beowulf to help him fight Grendel’s mother is called ______.

9. This literary device means to hint at future events that happen in the story: ______.

10. The price set upon a man that needs to be paid by the murderer once the man is killed is called ______. This was also what Beowulf’s father could not afford to pay and so Hrothgar paid it for him.

11. ______was the son of Adam and Eve. He killed his brother, Abel, and was cursed by God resulting in a family line of evil.

Part II - Match the following with the correct description:

  1. Beowulfa. greatest mead hall
  2. Hrothgarb. the price set upon a man that must be paid
    by the murderer if he is killed
  3. Heorotc. the narrator telling the story
  4. Wulfgard. lives in the moors
  5. Wergilde. leader of the Danes; protector of the Scyldings
  6. Scop (shope)f. son of Ecgtheow; a Geat warrior
  7. Grendelg. greeted Beowulf and his men to find out why
    they were there
  8. Hygelach. could not pay wergild so Hrothgar paid it for
    him
  9. Ecgtheowi. a geat; sat at the feet of the lord of Scyldings
  10. Healfdanej. father of Hrothgar
  11. Unferthk. Hrothgar’s Queen
  12. Wealhtheowl. King of the Geats

Part III –Answer the following questions

  1. Where does Beowulf take place?
  1. Explain how each of the following values are important throughout Beowulf:

Loyalty-

Hero-

Triumph of good over evil-

  1. Explain what the Anglo-Saxon’s valued in a king/leader during this time period.
  1. Explain the 2 battles that we read about involving Beowulf.

Battle I:

Battle II:

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