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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who comes to finally help Grendel in Chapter 2?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) The Dragon.
(c) The Shaper.
(d) His mother.

3. Why does the bull attack Grendel?
(a) All animals hate Grendel.
(b) Grendel tried to kill it.
(c) Its calf is close by.
(d) It is hungry.

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

5. How long has Grendel been at war with humans in Chapter 1?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Grendel’s only friend?

2. What is the narrator’s name?

3. What do the villagers at the disposal of the bodies do in the end of Chapter 1?

4. Who does Grendel scream for but does not help him get away from the bull?

5. Grendel compares talking to what in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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