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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tribes does Hrothgar make treaties with?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

2. Grendel claims he is the disfigured son of what in Chapter 1?
(a) Men.
(b) Lunatics.
(c) Demons.
(d) The Devil.

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

4. Where does Grendel sit to watch the mens' activities?
(a) The top of Hrothgar's hall.
(b) The dragon's cave.
(c) The eaves of the forest.
(d) The circle of gods.

5. What changes in the spring between the clans of men?
(a) They build one main hall.
(b) They plant crops together.
(c) They sign a truce.
(d) They begin warring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Biblical stories does the harper sing of?

2. What does Grendel take from Hrothgar's Hall in Chapter 1?

3. What does Grendel do to Hrothgar's guard that attacks him in Chapter 6?

4. What threat, besides Grendel, does Hrothgar face?

5. What is Grendel caught in when the bull charges him in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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