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

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

4. What does the old woman tell the children about in Chapter 10?
(a) A hidden underwater cave.
(b) A monster in the woods.
(c) A dragon in the mountains.
(d) A giant from across the sea.

5. Who is the lead Stranger said to have challenged to a swimming match in Chapter 11?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Breca.

6. What does the coast guard wish to know of the Strangers in Chapter 11?
(a) Where they stored their horses.
(b) Their lineage.
(c) How long they are staying.
(d) How they made their boat.

7. 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.

8. What do the village children make in the snow in Chapter 9?
(a) Snowmen.
(b) Snow angels.
(c) Forts.
(d) Fires.

9. Who is the young king?
(a) Heremod.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Hygmod.
(d) Hrothulf.

10. The Stranger tells Grendel to do what in Chapter 12?
(a) Lie down.
(b) Sing of walls.
(c) Die.
(d) Dance.

11. Who does Hrothulf meet in the woods at times?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Grendel.
(c) An old peasant.
(d) The dragon.

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

13. What happens when Grendel touches the door in Chapter 12?
(a) It does not budge.
(b) Beowulf attacks him.
(c) The whole hall shudders.
(d) It bursts.

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

15. In Chapter 10, what do Finn and Hengest pledge to each other?
(a) A truce.
(b) To war in the spring.
(c) Treasure.
(d) Brotherhood.