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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The dragon's great ambition is to do what?
(a) Count all his treasure.
(b) Kill Hrothgar.
(c) Burn down Hart.
(d) Kill Grendel.

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

4. What does Grendel say his mother smells of in Chapter 2?
(a) Oats and honey.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Roses.
(d) Pig and fish.

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

6. What advice does the dragon give Grendel?
(a) To move away.
(b) To devour the queen.
(c) To seek out gold.
(d) To kill Hrothgar.

7. What does Grendel call the words of the blind man in Chapter 3?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Lies.
(c) Beautiful songs.
(d) Truth.

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

9. What do the men think Grendel's blood is in Chapter 2?
(a) Water.
(b) Mud.
(c) Sap.
(d) Bull's blood.

10. How long are the dragon's talons?
(a) Tree size.
(b) Man-length.
(c) A foot long.
(d) Short and stubby.

11. What does Grendel discover after leaving the dragon?
(a) He accidentally stole the dragon's gold.
(b) The dragon charmed him.
(c) The dragon cursed him.
(d) The dragon gave him a jewel.

12. Where does Grendel live?
(a) In an underground cavern.
(b) In a mountain cave.
(c) In a hole in the ground.
(d) In a nest in the woods.

13. What scent pervades the hall as Unferth and Grendel talk in Chapter 6?
(a) Blood.
(b) Fire.
(c) Dragon.
(d) Roasted meat.

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

15. Which race does the harper say creatures like Grendel come from?
(a) The cursed race or Cain's.
(b) The firesnakes.
(c) The devil's.
(d) The dragon's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the dragon tell Grendel to stand off to the side?

2. What does Grendel take from Hrothgar's Hall in Chapter 1?

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

4. What sickens Grendel about the battles?

5. Where does the sunken door lead to?

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