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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grendel call the bard in the hall?
(a) The Liar.
(b) Hrothulf.
(c) Unferth.
(d) The Shaper.

2. What does Grendel call the words of the blind man in Chapter 3?
(a) Beautiful songs.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Truth.
(d) Lies.

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

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

5. Grendel compares the ram to what?
(a) The Shaper.
(b) A slow-witted king.
(c) His mother.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Hrothgar think Grendel is hanging from the tree?

4. What is the narrator’s name?

5. Where are criminals sent to live?

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