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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the priests ask the gods to deliver them from in Chapter 9?
(a) Grendel.
(b) Hygmod.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Ingeld.

2. What animal is the speaker shooing away in Chapter 1?
(a) Bull.
(b) Bird.
(c) Bear.
(d) Ram.

3. What do the village children make in the snow in Chapter 9?
(a) Snowmen.
(b) Snow angels.
(c) Forts.
(d) Fires.

4. What does Grendel do to Hrothgar's guard that attacks him in Chapter 6?
(a) Takes him back to his mother.
(b) Bites his head off.
(c) Tears his arms off.
(d) Throws him off a cliff.

5. Where does Grendel go at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Across the sea.
(b) To his cave.
(c) Deeper into the mountains.
(d) To the dragon's lair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scent pervades the hall as Unferth and Grendel talk in Chapter 6?

2. Hygmod proposes a truce by what gesture in Chapter 10?

3. What is the narrator’s name?

4. What does Grendel discover after leaving the dragon?

5. Who does Hrothulf meet in the woods at times?

(see the answer key)

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