Grendel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Grendel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to finally help Grendel in Chapter 2?
(a) The Shaper.
(b) The Dragon.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) His mother.

2. How does Grendel avoid the bull in Chapter 2?
(a) By twisting its horn.
(b) His mother helps him.
(c) By capturing the bull.
(d) By killing it.

3. What adjective does Grendel use to describe his war?
(a) Neverending.
(b) Idiotic.
(c) Fun.
(d) Tedious.

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

5. What does Hrothgar throw at Grendel in Chapter 3?
(a) A spear.
(b) A knife.
(c) A shield.
(d) A battle-ax.

6. What scent pervades the hall as Unferth and Grendel talk in Chapter 6?
(a) Blood.
(b) Dragon.
(c) Roasted meat.
(d) Fire.

7. What Biblical stories does the harper sing of?
(a) Moses.
(b) The Flood.
(c) Creation and Cain and Abel.
(d) Jonah and the Whale.

8. How does Grendel discover that he cannot be harmed in Chapter 6?
(a) He steps on a spearhead.
(b) He hits himself with a knife.
(c) His mother scratches him.
(d) A guard attacks him.

9. Who is the thane who boldly opposes Grendel?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Hrothulf.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Ecgtheow.

10. What three things does the dragon know?
(a) Secrets of the men, of the gods, and of the animals.
(b) Beginning, present, and end.
(c) Truth, lies, and men's words.
(d) Men speech, animal speech, and dragon speech.

11. Which craftsmen have a special place in the village?
(a) Carpenters.
(b) Gold workers.
(c) Cobblers.
(d) Blacksmiths.

12. What is the dragon sitting on?
(a) A huge pile of gold, jewels, and treasure.
(b) A pile of bones.
(c) A throne.
(d) A pile of kingly robes.

13. Who does the blind man sing of in Chapter 3?
(a) Wealtheow.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Scyld.

14. What does Grendel throw at Unferth in Chapter 6?
(a) Benches.
(b) Spears.
(c) Shields.
(d) Apples.

15. Where is Grendel going when he leaves his home in Chapter 1?
(a) Hrothgar's Hall.
(b) The forest.
(c) The moors.
(d) The mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grendel compare the fire to in Chapter 1?

2. What does the pool of firesnakes protect?

3. What animal is the speaker shooing away in Chapter 1?

4. What is the downside of Grendel's new power?

5. What does Hrothgar think Grendel is hanging from the tree?

(see the answer keys)

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