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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the queen's name?
(a) Freya.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Wealtheow.
(d) Freawaru.
2. What do the people sacrifice to the god statues?
(a) A virgin.
(b) A calf.
(c) A child.
(d) An ox.
3. What is Grendel's law?
(a) Leave only the queen.
(b) Kill them all.
(c) Blood equals power.
(d) There is no limit to desire but desire's needs.
4. What does Grendel consider the ultimate act of nihilism?
(a) Killing the princes.
(b) Killing the Shaper.
(c) Killing the king.
(d) Killing the queen.
5. In Chapter 12, who does Grendel call out for in the middle of battle?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) The dragon.
(d) His father.
6. Grendel says that everything that happened was what in Chapter 12?
(a) A miracle.
(b) Fate.
(c) An accident.
(d) A mistake.
7. What instrument does the assistant play at the Shaper’s funeral?
(a) The old Shaper's harp.
(b) His sister's violin.
(c) A drum.
(d) His uncle's guitar.
8. In Chapter 11, what does Hrothgar call the lead Stranger that upsets several people in the hall?
(a) A son.
(b) His favorite.
(c) His brother.
(d) His savior.
9. Hygmod proposes a truce by what gesture in Chapter 10?
(a) A feast.
(b) A white flag.
(c) Drawing his sword with his left hand.
(d) A chest of treasure.
10. When Grendel begins to fight the Stranger he considers him what?
(a) An equal match in strength.
(b) Too strong for Grendel.
(c) A coward.
(d) An easy match.
11. Who is the lead Stranger said to have challenged to a swimming match in Chapter 11?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Breca.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Hrothgar.
12. Grendel thinks that the Stranger is what in Chapter 11?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Dead.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Weak.
13. Hrothgar refuses treasure so Hygmod offers what as a sign of the truce?
(a) His sister.
(b) His son.
(c) His castle.
(d) The bear.
14. What course of action does Red Horse suggest to Hrothulf in Chapter 8?
(a) Running Away.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Marrying Hrothgar's daughter.
(d) Murder.
15. In Chapter 10, what do Finn and Hengest pledge to each other?
(a) Brotherhood.
(b) To war in the spring.
(c) Treasure.
(d) A truce.
Short Answer Questions
1. What invades Grendel's mere in Chapter 10?
2. What do the village children make in the snow in Chapter 9?
3. What is the name of Hrothgar's third child?
4. In Chapter 7, who calms the argument between Unferth and another thane?
5. Who does the Shaper's assistant sing of at the funeral?
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