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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hrothgar think Grendel is hanging from the tree?
(a) An oak-tree spirit.
(b) A bear.
(c) A man.
(d) A cave troll.

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

5. Where does the sunken door lead to?
(a) The dragon's lair.
(b) A treasure cave.
(c) The outside.
(d) Into Hrothgar's hall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Grendel compares the ram to what?

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

4. What do the men think Grendel's blood is in Chapter 2?

5. What animal is the speaker shooing away in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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