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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the men think Grendel's blood is in Chapter 2?
(a) Sap.
(b) Mud.
(c) Water.
(d) Bull's blood.

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

4. What is Grendel caught in when the bull charges him in Chapter 2?
(a) A rabbit hole.
(b) A trap.
(c) A stone wall.
(d) An old tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes in the spring between the clans of men?

2. Where does Grendel live?

3. Who comes to finally help Grendel in Chapter 2?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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