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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Grendel ask the blind priest to tell him about in Chapter 9?
(a) The Dragon.
(b) The King of Gods.
(c) Cain.
(d) Hrothgar.

2. Who is Hrothgar's younger brother?
(a) Heremod.
(b) Hrothulf.
(c) Hygmod.
(d) Halga.

3. In Chapter 7, who calms the argument between Unferth and another thane?
(a) Hrothulf
(b) Freawaru.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Wealtheow.

4. What does Grendel slip on that gives the Stranger the upper hand in Chapter 12?
(a) Blood.
(b) Sleeping men.
(c) A bench.
(d) Water.

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

6. Red Horse says all what are monstrously evil?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Kings.
(d) Governments.

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

8. What would happen if Grendel killed the last Scylding?
(a) The dragon would be right.
(b) He would be hunted.
(c) He would have to move.
(d) He would be bored.

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

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

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

12. What does Grendel consider the ultimate act of nihilism?
(a) Killing the queen.
(b) Killing the king.
(c) Killing the princes.
(d) Killing the Shaper.

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

14. What ominous feeling does Grendel have?
(a) That Unferth will die soon.
(b) That Hrothgar will die soon.
(c) That something is coming.
(d) That he will die soon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grendel's law?

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

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

4. What is the name of Hrothgar's third child?

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

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