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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grendel do with the corpse in Chapter 4?
(a) Buries it.
(b) Takes it to the hall.
(c) Gives it to his mother.
(d) Eats it.

2. What does Grendel find in the woods while circling the hall in Chapter 4?
(a) Garbage.
(b) A dead man.
(c) A pile of treasure.
(d) A store of weapons.

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

4. Who is Unferth's father?
(a) Hrothulf.
(b) Ecglaf.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) The Shaper.

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

6. What sickens Grendel about the battles?
(a) The waste of dead animals and men.
(b) That the women aren't killed also.
(c) Not being able to participate.
(d) The smell of blood.

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

8. What adjective does Grendel use to describe his war?
(a) Fun.
(b) Idiotic.
(c) Tedious.
(d) Neverending.

9. What do the people do with the remains of those killed by Grendel in Chapter 1?
(a) Bury them.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Hang them in trees.
(d) Throw them in the sea.

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

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

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

13. What does Grendel take from Hrothgar's Hall in Chapter 1?
(a) Men to eat.
(b) Food.
(c) Treasure.
(d) Weapons.

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

15. Grendel claims he is the disfigured son of what in Chapter 1?
(a) Lunatics.
(b) The Devil.
(c) Men.
(d) Demons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dragon's final advice to Grendel in Chapter 5?

2. What does Grendel compare the fire to in Chapter 1?

3. Where does Grendel sit to watch the mens' activities?

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

5. What is the dragon sitting on?

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