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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the pool of firesnakes protect?
(a) Grendel's treasure.
(b) The dragon's cave.
(c) The dragon's treasure.
(d) A sunken door.

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

3. Why is Unferth so weak?
(a) Because the journey into the cave is difficult.
(b) Because he has traveled a far distance.
(c) Because he is wounded.
(d) Because he is old.

4. Who leaves Hrothgar's hall unimpressed by the blind man's words in Chapter 3?
(a) The old Shaper.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Hrothulf.

5. What changes in the spring between the clans of men?
(a) They build one main hall.
(b) They plant crops together.
(c) They begin warring.
(d) They sign a truce.

6. What does Grendel do with Unferth when he comes to the cave?
(a) Feeds him to the firesnakes.
(b) Leaves him for his mother.
(c) Eats him.
(d) Takes him back to Hrothgar's hall.

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

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

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

10. In what part of his body is Hrothgar sick?
(a) His soul.
(b) His heart.
(c) His mind.
(d) His stomach.

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

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

13. Where is Grendel going when he leaves his home in Chapter 1?
(a) The moors.
(b) Hrothgar's Hall.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The forest.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Grendel compares the ram to what?

2. What does Grendel want to know that the dragon won't answer?

3. What color does the narrator say Hrothgar's beard is?

4. What does Hrothgar throw at Grendel in Chapter 3?

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

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