Jeopardy

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Beowulf
Literary Terms
Gilgamesh
The Illiad
British Odds Ends
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• In Beowulf, he is the King of the Danes.

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• Hrothgar

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• In what hall did the Danes hold their feasts?

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• Herot

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• To prove his bravery Beowulf decides to fight
  Grendel

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• Bare-Handed

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• What battle kills Beowulf...

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• The fight with the dragon

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• Where did Grendel and his mother live?

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• At the bottom of a swamp

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• Who stayed with Beowulf during his last battle?

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• Wiglaf

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• What piece of equipment saves Beowulf against
  Grendels Mother?

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• Mail Shirt

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• Grendel is a direct descendent of what biblical
  figure?

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• Cain

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• Excessive pride which leads to a downfall.

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• Hubris

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• A perfect example that is often copied

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• Archetype

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• A type of character who helps highlight the main
  character by contrast.

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• Foil Character

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• A significant figure who goes on a quest and
  embodies the ideals of his/or her culture.

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• Epic Hero

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• Whale-road, ring-giver and Meow maker are example
  of what literary term

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• kenning

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• Give a foil character for either Sherlock Holmes
  or Shrek

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• Watson or Donkey

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• Considered the First epic hero from human history

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• Gilgamesh

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• The most important trait of an epic hero is

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• That they embody the ideals of their society

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• Super-human Sumerian King and Hero

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• Gilgamesh

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• Wildman who acts as a balance of the main
  character

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• Enkidu

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• Forest giant who serves the gods

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• Humbaba

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• Other than serving as an inspiration to the youth
  the hero wants to kill the monster to

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• Challenge the boundaries of the gods

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• While the hero sleeps and dreams his friend

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• Quietly deals with his fears and pain

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• When the heroes pity the monster he

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• Pounds Enkidu
• into the ground

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• To save his life the monster offer this to the
  hero

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• Offers to be his slave

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• The original title of the Epic of Gilgamesh was
  He who looked into

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• The Deep or The Dark

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• The near indestructible
• Hero of the Greeks

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• Achilles

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• The hero prince of the Trojans

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• Hector

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• The major character flaw of the Greek champion
  was his

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• Rage

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• After killing the Trojan Prince the Greek hero
  disrespects him by

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• Dragging the body behind his chariot/ letting
  soldiers stab it.

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• Who was knows as The face that launched 1,000
  ships

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• Helen of Troy

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• Who was the friend/cousin of the Greek hero
  killed by the Trojan Prince

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• Patroclus

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• Athena appeared as this person to help the Greeks
  by tricking the Trojan Prince

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• His brother Dephbious

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• The god who watched over
• The Trojans

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• Apollo

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• This invading group left a system of roads and
  architecture behind

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• Romans

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• Which of these DID NOT invade England French,
  Romans, Greeks, Vikings

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• Greeks

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• The oldest standing structure in England

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• Stonehenge

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• Preserved written language and wrote down stories
  in Old English

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• Christian Monasteries

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• The religion of this groups primarily encouraged
  ethics and earthly virtues such as bravery

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• Anglo-Saxons

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• Name the four countries that make up Great Britain

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• England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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• The Normans Invaded England in what year

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• 1066

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• The Father of Thor and the chief god of the Norse
  religion
• (Hint Wednesday is named for him)

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• Odin

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