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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 people do with the remains of those killed by Grendel in Chapter 1?
(a) Throw them in the sea.
(b) Hang them in trees.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Bury them.

2. How does Grendel avoid the bull in Chapter 2?
(a) By killing it.
(b) His mother helps him.
(c) By twisting its horn.
(d) By capturing the bull.

3. Where is Grendel going when he leaves his home in Chapter 1?
(a) The moors.
(b) The forest.
(c) The mountains.
(d) Hrothgar's Hall.

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

5. Who is the woman that Grendel killed long ago?
(a) Freawaru.
(b) Wealtheow.
(c) Marian.
(d) Athelgard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grendel compares talking to what in Chapter 2?

2. What literary device is demonstrated in the word “sizzle” in Chapter 1?

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

4. Grendel claims he is the disfigured son of what in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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