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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) Freawaru.
(d) Wealtheow.

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

3. Grendel says that he hopes the number twelve is what in Chapter 7?
(a) A holy number.
(b) The days of the month.
(c) The number of men he can carry.
(d) The number of men he can eat at once.

4. What does Grendel observe an archer killing in Chapter 9?
(a) A bear.
(b) A bull.
(c) A hart.
(d) Grendel.

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

6. What happened to Freawaru's mother?
(a) She ran away.
(b) She died.
(c) She is a servant.
(d) She is Wealtheow.

7. What is unique about Ork?
(a) He is unable to walk.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He cannot hear.
(d) He cannot talk.

8. In Chapter 7, who sings at the feast when Wealtheow is given to Hrothgar?
(a) Hygmod.
(b) Hrothulf.
(c) Wealtheow.
(d) Ingeld.

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

10. What does Grendel's mother do each time he returns home?
(a) Scratches him.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Tries to block the door so he can't leave again.
(d) Yells at him.

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

12. What do the women place on the Shaper's eyes in Chapter 10?
(a) Harp picks.
(b) Gold coins.
(c) Stones.
(d) Herbs.

13. What is the name of Hrothgar's third child?
(a) Halga.
(b) Scyld.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Freawaru.

14. In Chapter 7, what is Wealtheow's hair color described as?
(a) Copper-red.
(b) Brunette.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Grendel do to the priests?

2. How many Strangers are there arriving in Chapter 11?

3. What does the coast guard wish to know of the Strangers in Chapter 11?

4. What does the Stranger tell Grendel to write his poetry in, in Chapter 12

5. Who does the Shaper look for but who never visits in Chapter 10?

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