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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grendel consider the ultimate act of nihilism?
(a) Killing the queen.
(b) Killing the princes.
(c) Killing the Shaper.
(d) Killing the king.

2. Who is the thane who boldly opposes Grendel?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Hrothulf.
(c) Ecgtheow.
(d) Unferth.

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

4. Grendel says the priests taste like what?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Duck eggs.
(c) Snake.
(d) Old goat.

5. What Biblical stories does the harper sing of?
(a) The Flood.
(b) Moses.
(c) Creation and Cain and Abel.
(d) Jonah and the Whale.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men treat Grendel when he brings the corpse to them in Chapter 4?

2. The dragon says Grendel looks just like what when he is scared?

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

4. What do the king and queen wait patiently to happen in Chapter 10?

5. Why does the bull attack Grendel?

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