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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do the villagers at the disposal of the bodies do in the end of Chapter 1?
(a) They kneel.
(b) They weep.
(c) They eat.
(d) They sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the sunken door lead to?

2. What language do the men speak in Chapter 2?

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

4. Who is Grendel’s only friend?

5. What color does the narrator say Hrothgar's beard is?

(see the answer key)

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