Beowulf

By: Daniel Dunn

Twenty Questions

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1. Who is the father of Shield Sheafson?

Beowulf Hrothgar Grendel Sheafson is an orphan

2. How does Hrothgar know of Beowulf?

Beowulf once proposed to his daughter Hrothgar was friends with Beowulf’s father Beowulf had gained a widespread reputation

after slaying a dragon He read about him on the internet

3. How long does Beowulf reign as King of the Geats?

30 years 40 years 50 years 60 years

4. What, according to Beowulf, is better than mourning a death?

Celebrating a birth Avenging a death Drinking one’s sorrows away Making peace with one’s enemies

5. Who helps Beowulf against the dragon?

Wulfgar Unferth Hrothgar Wiglaf

6. Who taunts Beowulf in Heorot?

Unferth Hrothgar Wiglaf Wealhtheow

7. Who is Modthryth?

A Danish thane King of the Swedes A wicked queen of legend A dragon

8. From whom is Grendel descended?

Satan Cain Judas Ecgtheow

9. Who is Queen of the Geats?

Wealhtheow Modthryth Unferth Hygd

10. Whom does Grendel’s mother abduct and decapitate?

Aeschere Wulfgar Hrothgar Beowulf

11. What is Hrunting?

A mead-hall A sword A lake A helmet

12. Where do the Geats place Beowulf’s Barrow?

In Grendel’s swamp In the dragon’s lair In the palace temple On a cliff overlooking the sea

13. Who is Beowulf’s father?

Ecgtheow Hrothgar Wulfgar Wealhtheow

14. Where do Grendel and his mother live?

In a palace In a mead-hall In a barrow In a lake

15. Who guides Beowulf to the dragon’s barrow?

Wulfgar The thief The slave-girl Hygd

16. Which character is descended from Shield Sheafson?

Beowulf Wiglaf Ecgtheow Hrothgar

17. What is the name of Hrothgar’s wife?

Wealhtheow Hygd Modthryth Grendel

18. How did the dragon’s treasure get in the barrow?

The dragon hauled it there with his teeth Hygelac had it buried there after he died The boat containing the body of Shield

Sheafson landed there It was buried there by the last survivor of a

forgotten race

19. What is Hygelac wearing when he dies?

His grandfather’s armor Wealhtheow’s torque An invisibility suit A tutu

20. From about when does the only existing Beowulf manuscript date?

700 a.d. 1000 a.d. 700 b.c. 50 a.d.