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Beowulf Study Guide

This document provides a study guide for Beowulf with 25 questions about key characters, events, themes and literary devices in the epic poem. Students must complete the study guide for 15 extra credit points, but it must be submitted by May 17th. The study guide covers topics like Grendel's attack on Herot hall, Beowulf's fight with Grendel and his mother, kennings and alliteration used in the poem, Beowulf's death fighting a dragon, and characteristics that define Beowulf as an epic.

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Beowulf Study Guide

This document provides a study guide for Beowulf with 25 questions about key characters, events, themes and literary devices in the epic poem. Students must complete the study guide for 15 extra credit points, but it must be submitted by May 17th. The study guide covers topics like Grendel's attack on Herot hall, Beowulf's fight with Grendel and his mother, kennings and alliteration used in the poem, Beowulf's death fighting a dragon, and characteristics that define Beowulf as an epic.

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Beowulf Study

Guide
This assignment will not be accepted after May 17th!
Worth 15 extra credit points

1. Who is the builder of Herot?

2. What is Herot?

3. Why does Grendel attack Herot?

4. How long was Herot terrorized by Grendel?

5. Where do Grendel and his mother live?

6. Who refused to desert Beowulf in battle?

7. Where is Beowulf from?

8. How does Beowulf die?

9. What is Beowulf’s tragic flaw?

10. What is kenning?


11. Write an example:

12. What is alliteration?


13. Write an example:

14. Why is Beowulf a story that we still read today? Why is it


important?

15. Who is Grendel a considered a descendant of?

16. What two religious ideas or spiritual beliefs combined in Beowulf?

17. Who was “spawned in that slime”?

18. What kennings are used to describe Grendel?


19. What did Beowulf have to do to fight Grendel’s mom?

20. What does Beowulf do after fighting Grendel’s mother and why?

21. What is the central issue of Beowulf?

22. Where do the Geats place Beowulf’s tower?

23. Why does Beowulf believe the fight with the dragon will be his
last? What does he do before he goes to fight the dragon?

24. Is Beowulf arrogant or just self-confident? Explain why you think


so.

Short Essay: You will have ONE short essay question that you will
need to answer in a short essay. BE PREPARED! Practice your answer
to the following question:

25. Discuss at least 5 characteristics of an epic, giving examples from


Beowulf:

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