Grendel Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Grendel Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What invades Grendel's mere in Chapter 10?
(a) A hart.
(b) A bear.
(c) A bull.
(d) A goat.

2. What does Grendel observe an archer killing in Chapter 9?
(a) Grendel.
(b) A bull.
(c) A bear.
(d) A hart.

3. Who are the two speakers of poetry in Chapter 8?
(a) Hrothulf and Hrothgar.
(b) Hrothgar and Wealtheow.
(c) Hrothulf and Wealtheow.
(d) Hrothgar and Grendel.

4. In Chapter 10, why does Hengest kill Finn?
(a) Power and revenge.
(b) Finn killed Henest's father.
(c) Self-defense.
(d) Boredom.

5. In Chapter 7, who sings at the feast when Wealtheow is given to Hrothgar?
(a) Wealtheow.
(b) Hrothulf.
(c) Hygmod.
(d) Ingeld.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Grendel counts his blessings but they are all numbered how?

2. What does Grendel slip on that gives the Stranger the upper hand in Chapter 12?

3. Where are the Strangers from that arrive in Chapter 11?

4. What does the old woman tell the children about in Chapter 10?

5. What happens to the Shaper in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Danes respond to the arrival of the Geats?

2. In Chapter 12, who are Grendel's final words directed toward? What foreshadowing do his words provide?

3. In Chapter 12, discuss Grendel's interpretation of why his mother does not answer him as he calls for her while fighting the Stranger.

4. What is the relationship between Hrothgar and Wealtheow? Are they a happy couple?

5. Describe the effect Wealtheow has on Hrothgar's hall.

6. Discuss Wealtheow's life at Hart and her unspoken feelings about her position as queen.

7. Discuss the sentiment that bread-thieves die while murderers go free. What is meant by this statement?

8. What similarities do you see between the brief account of Finn and Hnaef and Hrothgar and Wealtheow's brother?

9. Discuss Ork's behavior as he talks about the King of Gods.

10. Does the Finn tale function only to foreshadow what will befall Hrothgar? Who else could suffer a similar fate?

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