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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grendel do with the table cloth in Chapter 12?
(a) Uses it as a cape.
(b) Throws it over Beowulf.
(c) Wraps Wealtheow in it.
(d) Ties it around his neck for a napkin.

2. How do the Strangers arrive in Chapter 11?
(a) They swim.
(b) By horse.
(c) By boat.
(d) They walk.

3. What do the king and queen wait patiently to happen in Chapter 10?
(a) The truce to be upheld.
(b) Grendel to die.
(c) The Shaper to die.
(d) Beowulf to arrive.

4. How does Grendel escape the Stranger in Chapter 12?
(a) He kills the stranger.
(b) His arm is torn off.
(c) The stranger runs away.
(d) His mother comes to aide him.

5. In Chapter 10, why does Hengest kill Finn?
(a) Finn killed Henest's father.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Self-defense.
(d) Power and revenge.

6. In Chapter 8, who does Hrothgar intend to give to Ingeld to support a truce?
(a) Grendel.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Freawaru.
(d) Wealtheow.

7. Hygmod proposes a truce by what gesture in Chapter 10?
(a) A feast.
(b) Drawing his sword with his left hand.
(c) A white flag.
(d) A chest of treasure.

8. Grendel says that what is the worst pain in Chapter 10?
(a) Death.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Tedium.
(d) Anger.

9. What course of action does Red Horse suggest to Hrothulf in Chapter 8?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Murder.
(c) Marrying Hrothgar's daughter.
(d) Running Away.

10. Who does the Shaper's assistant sing of at the funeral?
(a) Finn and Hnaef.
(b) Wealtheow.
(c) The Shaper.
(d) Hrothgar.

11. What is Grendel's law?
(a) Blood equals power.
(b) Kill them all.
(c) Leave only the queen.
(d) There is no limit to desire but desire's needs.

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

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

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

15. Who gathers around to watch Grendel die?
(a) Animals who are his old enemies.
(b) The firesnakes.
(c) Priests.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what do Finn and Hengest pledge to each other?

2. What invades Grendel's mere in Chapter 10?

3. The young priest tells the people that the gods made what for their joy?

4. In Chapter 12, who does Grendel call out for in the middle of battle?

5. In Chapter 8, what does Hrothgar dream of?

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