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Who challenges Beowulf by recalling his swimming contest with Breca?
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Unferth
Which poet published a widely read modern English translation of Beowulf in 1999?
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Seamus Heaney
Who wrote the 1936 lecture Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics?
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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What royal Danish dynasty does Hrothgar belong to in Beowulf?
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Scyldings
Which legendary Danish king's ship funeral opens Beowulf?
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Scyld Scefing
Which poet published a widely read modern English translation of Beowulf in 1999?
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Seamus Heaney
Who wrote the 1936 lecture Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics?
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J. R. R. Tolkien
Who published the first printed edition of Beowulf in 1815?
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Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin
What is the Cotton shelfmark of the manuscript containing Beowulf?
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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Which institution holds the surviving Beowulf manuscript today?
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British Library
What type of verse is Beowulf written in?
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Alliterative verse
Which second enemy does Beowulf fight in an underwater lair?
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Grendel's mother
What creature is Beowulf's final opponent in the poem?
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Dragon