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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Grendel initially feel about the party in Hart in Chapter 4?
(a) He is swept up in it.
(b) He does not like the music.
(c) He wants some food.
(d) He wants to devour everyone.

2. What are the workers replacing after Grendel’s attack in Hrothgar’s Hall in Chapter 1?
(a) The door.
(b) The roof.
(c) The moat.
(d) The courtyard.

3. What can no longer harm Grendel after his visit with the dragon?
(a) The firesnakes.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Other animals.
(d) Fire.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. What does Grendel ultimately do to the outlawed men?
(a) Hangs them in trees.
(b) Brings them to his mother.
(c) Drowns them in the lake.
(d) Eats them.

10. What did Hrothgar build on his hill out of stone?
(a) A hall.
(b) A wall.
(c) Roads.
(d) A throne.

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

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

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

14. Grendel compares the ram to what?
(a) Himself.
(b) A slow-witted king.
(c) His mother.
(d) The Shaper.

15. What has Hrothgar constructed out of pride?
(a) A statue of himself.
(b) A gold throne.
(c) A great mead hall.
(d) Roads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grendel do to Hrothgar's guard that attacks him in Chapter 6?

2. What does Grendel call the bard in the hall?

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

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

5. The dragon's great ambition is to do what?

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