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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is an adder?
(a) A singer.
(b) A tree.
(c) A snake.
(d) A fish.
2. Where does Grendel go at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) To the dragon's lair.
(b) Deeper into the mountains.
(c) To his cave.
(d) Across the sea.
3. What does Hrothgar think Grendel is hanging from the tree?
(a) A man.
(b) An oak-tree spirit.
(c) A cave troll.
(d) A bear.
4. What is the narrator’s name?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Ecgtheow.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Grendel.
5. How many days after their first meeting does Unferth seek out Grendel's cave?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.
6. What advice does the dragon give Grendel?
(a) To kill Hrothgar.
(b) To seek out gold.
(c) To move away.
(d) To devour the queen.
7. In Chapter 6, Who is the first to realize Grendel can talk?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Unferth.
(c) A priest.
(d) Wealtheow.
8. What does Grendel call the bard in the hall?
(a) The Liar.
(b) The Shaper.
(c) Hrothulf.
(d) Unferth.
9. What literary device is demonstrated in the word “sizzle” in Chapter 1?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Assonance.
10. What three things does the dragon know?
(a) Beginning, present, and end.
(b) Secrets of the men, of the gods, and of the animals.
(c) Men speech, animal speech, and dragon speech.
(d) Truth, lies, and men's words.
11. What does Grendel compare the fire to in Chapter 1?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Buzzards.
(c) Crows.
(d) Wolves.
12. Who does Grendel say explains things to him?
(a) The Dragon.
(b) His mother.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) The Shaper.
13. How does Grendel avoid the bull in Chapter 2?
(a) By capturing the bull.
(b) By killing it.
(c) His mother helps him.
(d) By twisting its horn.
14. What happens when Grendel strikes the ground in Chapter 4?
(a) The Hall crumbles.
(b) A volcano erupts.
(c) A twelve foot seam opens.
(d) The earth quakes.
15. The dragon's great ambition is to do what?
(a) Count all his treasure.
(b) Kill Hrothgar.
(c) Burn down Hart.
(d) Kill Grendel.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which craftsmen have a special place in the village?
2. What changes in the spring between the clans of men?
3. In what part of his body is Hrothgar sick?
4. Where does Grendel sit to watch the mens' activities?
5. Grendel claims he is the disfigured son of what in Chapter 1?
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