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Anglo-Saxons Ideals Beowulf Grendel Vocabulary History

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

This Anglo-Saxon ideal might explain why King Hrothgar became overcome with bitterness after the deaths of his soldiers

$100 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

Revenge

$200 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

This ideal best explains why Beowulf tore of Grendel’s arm with his bare hands

$200 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

Physical strength

$300 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

This ideal is prevalent throughout the poem, but especially when Beowulf first goes to Herot and meets King Hrothgar.

$300 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

The right to boast about brave deeds

$400 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

This ideal explains why Wiglaf stays behind to help Beowulf fight the dragon.

$400 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

Loyalty to leaders

$500 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

This ideal best explains the trait that Beowulf has that allows him to dive into the lake to defeat Grendel’s mother.

$500 Anglo-Saxon Ideals

Courage

$100 Beowulf

From what country is Beowulf from?

$100 Beowulf

Sweden

$200 Beowulf

Who wrote Beowulf?

$200 Beowulf

An anonymous Christian writer

$300 Beowulf

Why did Hrothgar build Herot?

$300 Beowulf

To have a place to entertain his Thanes

$400 Beowulf

What do the Geats put in Beowulf’s tower?

$400 Beowulf

The Dragon’s treasure

$500 Beowulf

What does Beowulf say to Wiglaf at the end of the poem that indicates the decline of the Anglo-Saxon society?

$500 Beowulf

“’You’re the last of our far-flung family. / Fate has swept our race away’” (68 lines 824-825)

$100 Grendel

Why does Grendel attack Herot?

$100 Grendel

Grendel attacks Herot because he is in pain from all of the noise created by the Danes

$200 Grendel

How do we see traces of Cain’s ancestor in Grendel’s character?

$200 Grendel

Grendel is like Cain because he displays jealousy, his a murderer, and his is exiled from the community.

$300 Grendel

When does Grendel finally show fear?

$300 Grendel

Grendel shows fear when Beowulf first grasps his arm: “’[he] knew at once that nowhere on earth / Had he met a man whose hands were harder…His mind was flooded with fear’” (51 lines 271-276)

$400 Grendel

Why can’t Beowulf’s men help him defeat Grendel?

$400 Grendel

Grendel cast a spell that made his skin impervious to the blades of the Danes and Geats

$500 Grendel

Where does Grendel die?

$500 Grendel

He went to his hole in the marsh to die from his wound

$100 Vocabulary

People in this profession usually sang Beowulf aloud.

$100 Vocabulary

Scops

$200 Vocabulary

An alcoholic drink from the Anglo-Saxon time period

$200 Vocabulary

Mead

$300 Vocabulary

Using the phrase “God’s hatred” to describe something is an example of this.

$300 Vocabulary

Possessive Kenning

$400 Vocabulary

This is the belief that everything has a soul – the rocks, the trees, the rivers, and the ocean.

$400 Vocabulary

Paganism

$500 Vocabulary

This describes a economic system in which a person of high rank will allocate land to loyal followers. These loyal followers will do the same thing which creates a cycle.

$500 Vocabulary

Feudalism

$100 History

Who was the first to inhabit Britain?

$100 History

The Celtic

$200 History

Which king is known for defending Britain against Viking invaders, encouraged the use of written English, and maintained civilization?

$200 History

King Alfred(Alfred the Great)

$300 History

What did the Anlgo-Saxons believe controlled their lives?

$300 History

Wyrd

$400 History

How did the Anglo-Saxons view the world?

$400 History

Grim and fatalisitc

$500 History

How did William the Conqueror earn his title?

$500 History

William, the duke of Normandy felt that he had been cheated out of receiving the throne after a council of nobles appointed an earl named Harold the throne instead. He led that last successful invasion of Britain.

Final Jeopardy

What is significant about the men who rode on horseback around Beowulf’s tower at the end o the poem?

Final Jeopardy Answer

The 12 horsemen. It is yet another biblical reference.