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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Grendel take from Hrothgar's Hall in Chapter 1?
(a) Food.
(b) Men to eat.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Treasure.

3. What literary device is demonstrated in the word “sizzle” in Chapter 1?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Who does Grendel say explains things to him?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) The Dragon.
(c) The Shaper.
(d) His mother.

5. Where does Grendel live?
(a) In a nest in the woods.
(b) In an underground cavern.
(c) In a mountain cave.
(d) In a hole in the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of his body is Hrothgar sick?

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

3. How does Grendel initially feel about the party in Hart in Chapter 4?

4. Who is the woman that Grendel killed long ago?

5. What sickens Grendel about the battles?

(see the answer key)

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