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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grendel compares talking to what in Chapter 2?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Power.
(c) A coffin.
(d) Boredom.

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

3. What does Grendel see for the first time the night he hangs in the tree in Chapter 2?
(a) The gods.
(b) Men.
(c) A bear.
(d) His mother hunting.

4. Who are the two speakers of poetry in Chapter 8?
(a) Hrothgar and Wealtheow.
(b) Hrothgar and Grendel.
(c) Hrothulf and Wealtheow.
(d) Hrothulf and Hrothgar.

5. What is the queen's name?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Freawaru.
(c) Freya.
(d) Wealtheow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The dragon's great ambition is to do what?

2. How do the men treat Grendel when he brings the corpse to them in Chapter 4?

3. Who is the leader of the Heathobards who poses a threat to Hrothgar?

4. What is the narrator’s name?

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

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