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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does the dragon give Grendel?
(a) To seek out gold.
(b) To devour the queen.
(c) To move away.
(d) To kill Hrothgar.

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

3. What does the Shaper sing of that upsets Grendel?
(a) God.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Wealtheow.
(d) Grendel's mother.

4. What does Grendel say his mother smells of in Chapter 2?
(a) Oats and honey.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Pig and fish.
(d) Roses.

5. What does Hrothgar throw at Grendel in Chapter 3?
(a) A battle-ax.
(b) A shield.
(c) A knife.
(d) A spear.

6. What does the pool of firesnakes protect?
(a) A sunken door.
(b) The dragon's cave.
(c) The dragon's treasure.
(d) Grendel's treasure.

7. What does Grendel call the bard in the hall?
(a) Unferth.
(b) The Shaper.
(c) Hrothulf.
(d) The Liar.

8. Why is Unferth so weak?
(a) Because he is old.
(b) Because the journey into the cave is difficult.
(c) Because he is wounded.
(d) Because he has traveled a far distance.

9. How old is Hrothgar when Grendel decides to destroy him?
(a) A teenager.
(b) A baby.
(c) An old, old man.
(d) A young king.

10. Who does Grendel say explains things to him?
(a) The Dragon.
(b) His mother.
(c) The Shaper.
(d) Hrothgar.

11. Where does the dragon live?
(a) Beneath the lake.
(b) A cave in the mountains.
(c) In an abandoned hall.
(d) A nest in the forest.

12. What is the word used to denote the king's followers?
(a) Freonds.
(b) Vassals.
(c) Lords.
(d) Thanes.

13. What three things does the dragon know?
(a) Secrets of the men, of the gods, and of the animals.
(b) Beginning, present, and end.
(c) Truth, lies, and men's words.
(d) Men speech, animal speech, and dragon speech.

14. What is the name of Hrothgar's hall?
(a) Hart.
(b) The Great Hall.
(c) Hrothgar's Throne.
(d) Golden Hall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the bull attack Grendel?

2. How long has Grendel been at war with humans in Chapter 1?

3. What does Grendel call Unferth in Chapter 6?

4. What does Grendel compare the fire to in Chapter 1?

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

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