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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator’s name?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Ecgtheow.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Grendel.

2. Grendel compares talking to what in Chapter 2?
(a) Boredom.
(b) A coffin.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Power.

3. What does the pool of firesnakes protect?
(a) Grendel's treasure.
(b) A sunken door.
(c) The dragon's treasure.
(d) The dragon's cave.

4. Where does the sunken door lead to?
(a) The outside.
(b) Into Hrothgar's hall.
(c) A treasure cave.
(d) The dragon's lair.

5. What do the people do with the remains of those killed by Grendel in Chapter 1?
(a) Throw them in the sea.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Bury them.
(d) Hang them in trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Grendel been at war with humans in Chapter 1?

2. How does Grendel avoid the bull in Chapter 2?

3. Where is Grendel going when he leaves his home in Chapter 1?

4. What does Grendel say his mother smells of in Chapter 2?

5. What does Grendel see for the first time the night he hangs in the tree in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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