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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Grendel want to know that the dragon won't answer?
2. How old is Hrothgar when Grendel decides to destroy him?
3. What does Grendel do with Unferth when he comes to the cave?
4. Who does Grendel say explains things to him?
5. How many tribes does Hrothgar make treaties with?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe life around the village as Grendel observes it.
2. Discuss Grendel's personal transformation during and as a result of his first raid.
3. Discuss the quote on page 7 where Grendel gives himself alternate names (shadow-shooter, earth-rim-roamer, walker of the world's weird wall). What does this signify?
4. How does the story of Finn foreshadow what could happen with Hrothgar's truces with Hygmod and Ingeld?
5. How does Grendel's relationship with men change after his visit to the dragon?
6. How is the dragon’s appearance described?
7. Describe how the men act/talk in the mead halls. What is the function of this behavior?
8. Why do you think Grendel chooses to spare Unferth in his cave and on subsequent raids?
9. Describe the hairless man and his function in the group.
10. What is the significance of Hrothgar's name for his mead hall?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the meeting between Unferth and Grendel in Grendel's cave and Grendel and the Stranger in Hrothgar's hall. Which encounter do you feel is more heroic? Why did Unferth fail while the Stranger succeeded?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role of the dragon. Why did the author use this particular creature to teach Grendel? Do you find the scenes with the dragon necessary? Does the dragon's intelligence reduce Grendel to the level of the bull he mocked earlier?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Grendel’s observation that animals see life without observing it. According to Grendel, animals make no distinctions in their lives. What implications does this hold for men? For Grendel himself?
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