Grendel

mmmmmm1. For how many years does Grendel’s battle with the humans last? Twelve

2. Who or what is Hart? Hrothgar's son

3. What do the humans think Grendel is when they find him in the tree? A tree spirit

4. What is the dragon’s final piece of advice to Grendel? Find gold and sit on it

5. Who is Scyld Shefing? An ancestor of Hrothgar

6. What instrument does the Shaper play? The harp

7. How does Grendel reach the dragon? The darkness pulls him toward it

8. What type of animal is Grendel observing at the opening of the book? A ram

9. Who, according to the Shaper, is Grendel’s ancestor? Cain

10. What term does the dragon use to describe the nature of Grendel’s relationship to the humans? "Brute existent"

11. What objects does Grendel throw at Unferth in the meadhall? Apples

12. What are Wealtheow’s people called? Helmings

13. How does Hrothgar come to be married to Wealtheow? She is a peace offering from a rival king

14. Who is Breca? Beowulf's childhood friend, whom he defeated in a swimming contest

15. Who is the only person seemingly happy about Ork’s vision of the Destroyer? The fourth priest

16. What does Grendel take “Warovvish” to mean? "Beware the fish"

17. What keeps climbing up the cliff, even after Grendel kills it with stones? The goat

18. How, in Grendel’s estimation, do the Geats appear when they first arrive in Denmark? Dead

19. Where does Grendel find himself at the very end of the novel? At the edge of the same cliff as in Chapter 1

20. How, in Grendel’s eyes, does Beowulf manage to best him? It is merely an accident

21. What does Beowulf force Grendel to do during their final battle? Make up a song about walls

22. What does Grendel decide when the bull starts attacking him? That he alone exists

23. What school of philosophy does Red Horse best embody? Anarchism

24. Who is plotting to overthrow Hrothgar in a revolution? Hrothulf

25. Where do Grendel and his mother live? In an underground cave

26.What is the symbolism of the way the bull attacks Grendel in the tree? (Konrad Thallner) Grendel realizes how the bull continues to attack him in the same way over and over. It is unable to think of a new way to conduct its self, it is mechinacial in the way it lives and follows patterns.

27.Describe Grendels facination with the human spieces? (Konrad Thallner) Grendel is faciated with humans because then have the abilty to do what all other animals that he observes do not have the ablility to do. They can idendify and self correct if something doesnt work. He realizes that humans dont blindly follow the same path, and can learn and evolve from nomadic to more civilized people.