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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Grendel scream for but does not help him get away from the bull?
(a) The Dragon.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

3. Who is Grendel’s only friend?
(a) His shadow.
(b) The firesnakes.
(c) Bones.
(d) His mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Shaper sing of that upsets Grendel?

3. What do the people do with the remains of those killed by Grendel in Chapter 1?

4. Grendel claims he is the disfigured son of what in Chapter 1?

5. Where does the sunken door lead to?

(see the answer key)

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