View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal is the speaker shooing away in Chapter 1?
(a) Bird.
(b) Bull.
(c) Bear.
(d) Ram.

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

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

4. What does Hrothgar throw at Grendel in Chapter 3?
(a) A shield.
(b) A knife.
(c) A battle-ax.
(d) A spear.

5. What does Grendel want to know that the dragon won't answer?
(a) When.
(b) How.
(c) Where.
(d) Why.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves Hrothgar's hall unimpressed by the blind man's words in Chapter 3?

2. Grendel compares talking to what in Chapter 2?

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

4. Where does the dragon live?

5. What does the Chinaman keep caged?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 181 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample