Beowulf - Perfection Learning

Name ___________________________________________ Class _______________________ Date ___________________________III. Fill in the BlankComplete each sentence or answer the question by filling in the blank with the appropriate wordor words.14. Before leaving his homeland to fight Grendel, Beowulf was known as the strongest of the _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.15. Beowulf fought Grendel’s mother in the underwater _ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.16. The only thing Beowulf took with him after killing Grendel’s mother was _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.17. Beowulf attacked the dragon because the dragon had ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.18. The seafarer says that the sea has shown him ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.19. The wanderer is haunted by his memories of ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.20. The wife says that in this land she had few _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.IV. Short EssayDecide which of the characters from the selections in this unit you think are the most brave. How didthese characters exemplify your ideas about what makes someone brave? How did their actions changeyour ideas about bravery? Explain.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________62 © Perfection Learning Corporation • Reproducible Many Voices: British Literature