Grendel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Grendel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How many tribes does Hrothgar make treaties with?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

7. Where does the sunken door lead to?
(a) The dragon's lair.
(b) The outside.
(c) Into Hrothgar's hall.
(d) A treasure cave.

8. What is the word used to denote the king's followers?
(a) Vassals.
(b) Freonds.
(c) Lords.
(d) Thanes.

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

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

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

12. Who does the blind man sing of in Chapter 3?
(a) Wealtheow.
(b) Scyld.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Beowulf.

13. How do the men treat Grendel when he brings the corpse to them in Chapter 4?
(a) They attack him.
(b) They do not see him.
(c) They thank him.
(d) They welcome him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after their first meeting does Unferth seek out Grendel's cave?

2. Which race does the harper say creatures like Grendel come from?

3. What does Grendel call Unferth in Chapter 6?

4. What does Grendel throw at Unferth in Chapter 6?

5. What do the villagers at the disposal of the bodies do in the end of Chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

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