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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Biblical stories does the harper sing of?
(a) The Flood.
(b) Jonah and the Whale.
(c) Moses.
(d) Creation and Cain and Abel.

2. How many tribes does Hrothgar make treaties with?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

3. What has Hrothgar constructed out of pride?
(a) A statue of himself.
(b) A great mead hall.
(c) Roads.
(d) A gold throne.

4. How long has Grendel been at war with humans in Chapter 1?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Fifteen years.

5. What does Grendel do with the corpse in Chapter 4?
(a) Buries it.
(b) Eats it.
(c) Gives it to his mother.
(d) Takes it to the hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Grendel scream for but does not help him get away from the bull?

2. Where does Grendel live?

3. Grendel claims he is the disfigured son of what in Chapter 1?

4. What is the narrator’s name?

5. What does Grendel take from Hrothgar's Hall in Chapter 1?

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