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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What literary device is demonstrated in the word “sizzle” in Chapter 1?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

4. Who is the woman that Grendel killed long ago?
(a) Freawaru.
(b) Wealtheow.
(c) Marian.
(d) Athelgard.

5. What do the villagers at the disposal of the bodies do in the end of Chapter 1?
(a) They weep.
(b) They kneel.
(c) They sing.
(d) They eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Grendel use to describe his war?

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

3. Who does Grendel say explains things to him?

4. What is the narrator’s name?

5. Where does Grendel live?

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