Answer the following questions.  Most will be in order of the reading.  You do NOT have to answer in complete sentences.  However, if a word should be capitalized, capitalize it!  Also, spell words correctly.  Use black or dark color, easily-to-read font.

“The Coming of Beowulf”

1)	Who is Healfdane? 

2)	Who is Higlac? 

3)	How is he related to Beowulf? 

4)	What is the name Beowulf’s people? 

5)	How many warriors did Beowulf take with him on his adventure? 

6)	In line 118 “omens” are mention, yet in line 143 “They gave thanks to God for their easy crossing.”  Why does this juxtaposition exist in Beowulf? (Class discussion/previous reading)

7)	When confronted by the Danish watchman, Beowulf is asked his name and his father’s name.  Why?  (Class discussion)

8)	What was Beowulf’s father’s name?

9)	How was Beowulf’s father known to others?

10)	The watchman says, “A soldier should know the difference between words / And deeds, and keep that knowledge clear /  in his brain.” (lines 200-201)  What does this mean explicitly?

11)	What is a mead-hall?

12)	What is mead?
13)	In line 243, Beowulf says, “Light and life fleeing together.”  What is the unspoken parallel contrast to this statement to indicate what happens since Grendel has appeared?

14)	What is the one favor that Beowulf asks of Hrothgar concerning his fight with Grendel?

15)	Why would he ask this favor?  (Class discussion and thinking question)

16)	How does Beowulf speak of his and his followers deaths at the claws of Grendel? (tone/attitude)

17)	What is Beowulf’s attitude about the outcome of the battle with Grendel?

“The Battle with Grendel”
18)	According to the narrator, how does God feel about Grendel?

19)	Philosophical Question:  In your belief system (also known as “schema”) or from a non-Christian view, does God “hate?”  Why or why not?

20)	What is the juxtaposition of setting descriptions of from where Grendel comes and of where he goes?

21)	What does this indicate about that culture’s perception of good and evil?

22)	Line 290 reads, “Up from his swampland, sliding silently.”  What sound device is used?
23)	Of what creature associated with evil in the Christian tradition does this description imply?

24)	What does Beowulf do when Grendel snatches up the first Geat warrior?

25)	Doesn’t that make you go “Mmmm?”  If he is supposed to be the “lord and protector” of his men, why do you think he acted this way?

26)	In what manner does Beowulf physically struggle with Grendel?

27)	Of what materials was Herot built?

28)	What was the only disaster that could supposedly destroy Herot?

29)	What is the figurative phrase used in line 374 to describe death for Grendel?

30)	Why could Beowulf’s men not help him in the fight with Grendel?

31)	Like some animals in a trap will do, what does Grendel do to escape Beowulf?

32)	What hangs from the rafters of Herot to prove Beowulf won the battle against Grendel?