View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator’s name?
(a) Grendel.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Ecgtheow.

3. What does Grendel see for the first time the night he hangs in the tree in Chapter 2?
(a) Men.
(b) The gods.
(c) His mother hunting.
(d) A bear.

4. Who does Grendel say explains things to him?
(a) The Shaper.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) The Dragon.
(d) His mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which craftsmen have a special place in the village?

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

3. What does Grendel call the bard in the hall?

4. Grendel compares the ram to what?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 167 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample