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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Shaper in Chapter 10?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is promoted.
(c) He leaves.
(d) He retires.

2. How many sons does Hrothgar have by Wealtheow?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

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

4. Grendel thinks that the Stranger is what in Chapter 11?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Weak.
(c) Dead.
(d) Crazy.

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

6. In Chapter 12, who does Grendel call out for in the middle of battle?
(a) His mother.
(b) The dragon.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

7. In Chapter 8, what does Hrothgar dream of?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) A black tree with a double trunk.
(c) Grendel.
(d) His own death.

8. Who is Hygmod the lord of?
(a) Helmings.
(b) Scyldings.
(c) Geats.
(d) Danes.

9. What is the name of Hrothulf's old companion?
(a) Red Horse.
(b) The Shaper.
(c) Ork.
(d) Beowulf.

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

11. Where are the Strangers from that arrive in Chapter 11?
(a) Germany.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Geatland.

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

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

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

15. What does Grendel imagine the Stranger who fights him to be for a split second in Chapter 12?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A monster.
(c) A bear.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about Ork?

2. What do the people sacrifice to the god statues?

3. What does Grendel's mother do each time he returns home?

4. Hrothgar refuses treasure so Hygmod offers what as a sign of the truce?

5. What statues stand near Hrothgar's hall?

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