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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Grendel live?
(a) In a mountain cave.
(b) In a nest in the woods.
(c) In an underground cavern.
(d) In a hole in the ground.

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

3. Who comes to finally help Grendel in Chapter 2?
(a) His mother.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) The Dragon.
(d) The Shaper.

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

5. Grendel compares the ram to what?
(a) A slow-witted king.
(b) Himself.
(c) The Shaper.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the narrator say Hrothgar's beard is?

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

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

4. Grendel compares talking to what in Chapter 2?

5. What does Hrothgar throw at Grendel in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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