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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Hrothgar when Grendel decides to destroy him?
(a) An old, old man.
(b) A teenager.
(c) A young king.
(d) A baby.

2. What literary device is demonstrated in the word “sizzle” in Chapter 1?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

3. Where does Grendel go at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) To the dragon's lair.
(b) Across the sea.
(c) To his cave.
(d) Deeper into the mountains.

4. What does the Shaper sing of that upsets Grendel?
(a) God.
(b) Grendel's mother.
(c) Wealtheow.
(d) Grendel.

5. Grendel compares talking to what in Chapter 2?
(a) Power.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Boredom.
(d) A coffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Grendel’s only friend?

2. Who is the woman that Grendel killed long ago?

3. What three things does the dragon know?

4. Where is Grendel going when he leaves his home in Chapter 1?

5. Who does Grendel say explains things to him?

(see the answer key)

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