1. What does Hrothgar decide to do?

2. What does Hrothgar name his hall? What does he do once the building is completed?

3. Who is impatient with the music coming from Herot?

4. What is the monster's name? Where does it roam?

5. Who is Grendel's ancestor? For what crime did God punish Grendel's ancestor?

6. What does Grendel do when he comes to Herot?

7. Who are the only warriors who survive Grendel's attacks?

8. What are the effects of Grendel's attacks in Herot?

9. What does Wulfgar ask Beowulf and his companions to do with their weapons before they approach the king?

10. According to Beowulf's people, why should he go to the Danes?

11. What great deeds have won Beowulf fame?

12. What is Beowulf's request?

13. With what weapon does Beowulf plan to attack Grendel?

14. What words describe Grendel?

15. What does Grendel intend to do to the sleeping men?

16. What happens to the first Geat Grendel grabs? Whom does Grendel grab next? What happens when Grendel grabs this person?

17. What does Grendel know? How does Grendel feel about the situation? What does he want to do?

18. What is the effect of the battle on Herot, Hrothgar's hall?

19. What do Beowulf's men do to help? What frustrates their efforts to help Beowulf?

20. What does Grendel learn?

21. What happens to Grendel's arm? What will become of Grendel?

22. What does Beowulf do to prove his victory over Grendel?

23. How do the Danes feel about what has happened to Grendel?

24. What do the Danes say about Beowulf?

25. What monster still lives?

26. Where do these monsters live?

27. What does Hrothgar ask of Beowulf?

28. What does Beowulf discover about the sword Hrunting?

29. What saves Beowulf from Grendel's mother's sword?

30. Who else does Beowulf want to hunt? What does he do for final revenge?

31. When and for how long does Beowulf rule in Geatland? What begins to terrorize the Geats?

32. What angers this beast?

33. What does Beowulf say about using a weapon?

34. How does Beowulf judge himself as a warrior? What does he vow about the treasure?

35. What happens to Beowulf's shield? What is against Beowulf for the first time?

36. All must make what journey?

37. How do Beowulf's comrades respond?

38. Who remains with Beowulf? What does he do?

39. How does Wiglaf protect himself?

40. What happens to Beowulf's sword?

41. What happens to the dragon?

42. What happens to Beowulf?

43. What does Beowulf know?

44. Beowulf makes what request of Wiglaf?

45. How does Beowulf regard his sacrifice for the treasure? What does he tell Wiglaf to do?

46. What happens to Beowulf's body?

47. What happens to the jewels Beowulf and Wiglaf had won from the dragon?

48. According to the speaker, what should all do?