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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the men think Grendel is in Chapter 2?
(a) A tree fungus.
(b) A bull.
(c) A bear.
(d) A monster.

3. What is the name of Hrothgar's hall?
(a) Hart.
(b) Hrothgar's Throne.
(c) The Great Hall.
(d) Golden Hall.

4. In Chapter 6, Who is the first to realize Grendel can talk?
(a) Unferth.
(b) A priest.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Wealtheow.

5. What is the dragon's final advice to Grendel in Chapter 5?
(a) To kill all men.
(b) To capture the queen.
(c) To seek gold and sit on it.
(d) To leave the village.

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

7. 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.

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

9. Grendel compares talking to what in Chapter 2?
(a) A coffin.
(b) Power.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Freedom.

10. What does Grendel do to Hrothgar's guard that attacks him in Chapter 6?
(a) Takes him back to his mother.
(b) Bites his head off.
(c) Throws him off a cliff.
(d) Tears his arms off.

11. What does Grendel want to know that the dragon won't answer?
(a) When.
(b) Why.
(c) Where.
(d) How.

12. Who comes to finally help Grendel in Chapter 2?
(a) The Shaper.
(b) His mother.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) The Dragon.

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

14. What does Grendel say Hrothgar's sons would do with their father's gold?
(a) Weigh it in their minds.
(b) Give it all away.
(c) Divide it evenly.
(d) Spend it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hrothgar think Grendel is hanging from the tree?

3. What did Hrothgar build on his hill out of stone?

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

5. In what part of his body is Hrothgar sick?

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