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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Hrothgar's men watch for an attack in Chapter 10?
(a) Toward the forest.
(b) Toward the mountain.
(c) Toward the sea.
(d) They no longer watch.

2. Grendel says that everything that happened was what in Chapter 12?
(a) An accident.
(b) A miracle.
(c) A mistake.
(d) Fate.

3. What invades Grendel's mere in Chapter 10?
(a) A goat.
(b) A hart.
(c) A bear.
(d) A bull.

4. In Chapter 10, What does Hengest take from Finn?
(a) His bear.
(b) His weapons.
(c) His boats.
(d) His queen and treasure.

5. In Chapter 11, what does Grendel call the Strangers in their armor?
(a) Great bulls.
(b) Wild bears.
(c) Silly men.
(d) Fat cows.

6. What does Grendel slip on that gives the Stranger the upper hand in Chapter 12?
(a) Sleeping men.
(b) Water.
(c) A bench.
(d) Blood.

7. In Chapter 9, what does Grendel do to the priests?
(a) Hangs them in trees.
(b) Takes them to their hut.
(c) Kisses them.
(d) Nothing.

8. In Chapter 7, what happens to the bear?
(a) Hrothgar has it killed for food.
(b) Hymgod looses it.
(c) It runs away.
(d) Grendel kills it.

9. What is Hygmod leading when he meets Hrothgar?
(a) A bear.
(b) A bull.
(c) A wolf.
(d) An ox.

10. What threat, besides Grendel, does Hrothgar face?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) A younger king.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Hrothulf.

11. Why is Wealtheow not immediately allowed in the hall with the strangers?
(a) She is not welcome
(b) She is sick
(c) Women eat later
(d) The situation is too tense

12. When Grendel begins to fight the Stranger he considers him what?
(a) A coward.
(b) Too strong for Grendel.
(c) An equal match in strength.
(d) An easy match.

13. What does the Stranger tell Grendel to write his poetry in, in Chapter 12
(a) Wood.
(b) Mud.
(c) Stone.
(d) Runes.

14. In Chapter 9, who joins Ork and the other three priests?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Another younger priest.
(d) Wealtheow.

15. Who do the priests ask the gods to deliver them from in Chapter 9?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Ingeld.
(c) Grendel.
(d) Hygmod.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the priest who comes and speaks to Grendel after the ceremony in Chapter 9?

2. What happened to Freawaru's mother?

3. In Chapter 7, who calms the argument between Unferth and another thane?

4. What is Grendel's law?

5. In Chapter 7, who sings at the feast when Wealtheow is given to Hrothgar?

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