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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when Grendel strikes the ground in Chapter 4?
(a) The earth quakes.
(b) The Hall crumbles.
(c) A twelve foot seam opens.
(d) A volcano erupts.

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

4. What is the name of Hrothulf's old companion?
(a) The Shaper.
(b) Ork.
(c) Red Horse.
(d) Beowulf.

5. Who comes to finally help Grendel in Chapter 2?
(a) His mother.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) The Dragon.
(d) The Shaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men think Grendel is in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 8, who does Hrothgar intend to give to Ingeld to support a truce?

3. What are the workers replacing after Grendel’s attack in Hrothgar’s Hall in Chapter 1?

4. Grendel refers to what between Wealtheow and Hrothgar in Chapter 8?

5. Grendel claims he is the disfigured son of what in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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