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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal is the speaker shooing away in Chapter 1?
(a) Ram.
(b) Bird.
(c) Bull.
(d) Bear.

2. Who is Grendel’s only friend?
(a) His mother.
(b) Bones.
(c) The firesnakes.
(d) His shadow.

3. What are the workers replacing after Grendel’s attack in Hrothgar’s Hall in Chapter 1?
(a) The courtyard.
(b) The door.
(c) The roof.
(d) The moat.

4. What does Hrothgar think Grendel is hanging from the tree?
(a) An oak-tree spirit.
(b) A man.
(c) A cave troll.
(d) A bear.

5. What does Grendel compare the fire to in Chapter 1?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Buzzards.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Crows.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Grendel wander outside?

2. What is Grendel caught in when the bull charges him in Chapter 2?

3. Grendel compares talking to what in Chapter 2?

4. Where does Grendel live?

5. What does Grendel say his mother smells of in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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