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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hrothulf meet in the woods at times?
(a) Unferth.
(b) An old peasant.
(c) Grendel.
(d) The dragon.

2. In Chapter 9, what does Grendel do to the priests?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Hangs them in trees.
(c) Kisses them.
(d) Takes them to their hut.

3. What course of action does Red Horse suggest to Hrothulf in Chapter 8?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Running Away.
(c) Marrying Hrothgar's daughter.
(d) Murder.

4. What is unique about Ork?
(a) He is unable to walk.
(b) He cannot talk.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He cannot hear.

5. Grendel says that he hopes the number twelve is what in Chapter 7?
(a) The number of men he can eat at once.
(b) The number of men he can carry.
(c) A holy number.
(d) The days of the month.

6. What is Grendel's law?
(a) Blood equals power.
(b) Leave only the queen.
(c) Kill them all.
(d) There is no limit to desire but desire's needs.

7. Who helps the Stranger fight Grendel in Chapter 12?
(a) Hrothulf.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Unferth.
(d) No one.

8. Why is Wealtheow not immediately allowed in the hall with the strangers?
(a) She is sick
(b) The situation is too tense
(c) She is not welcome
(d) Women eat later

9. Who do the priests ask the gods to deliver them from in Chapter 9?
(a) Grendel.
(b) Hygmod.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Ingeld.

10. Who does the Shaper's assistant sing of at the funeral?
(a) The Shaper.
(b) Wealtheow.
(c) Finn and Hnaef.
(d) Hrothgar.

11. Grendel says that everything that happened was what in Chapter 12?
(a) A mistake.
(b) A miracle.
(c) Fate.
(d) An accident.

12. When Grendel begins to fight the Stranger he considers him what?
(a) A coward.
(b) Too strong for Grendel.
(c) An equal match in strength.
(d) An easy match.

13. What does the old woman tell the children about in Chapter 10?
(a) A giant from across the sea.
(b) A hidden underwater cave.
(c) A dragon in the mountains.
(d) A monster in the woods.

14. What does Grendel do with the table cloth in Chapter 12?
(a) Ties it around his neck for a napkin.
(b) Uses it as a cape.
(c) Wraps Wealtheow in it.
(d) Throws it over Beowulf.

15. In Chapter 7, who sings at the feast when Wealtheow is given to Hrothgar?
(a) Hygmod.
(b) Hrothulf.
(c) Wealtheow.
(d) Ingeld.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year of Grendel's wars does Hrothgar's power begin to fail?

2. What does Grendel imagine the Stranger who fights him to be for a split second in Chapter 12?

3. Grendel says the priests taste like what?

4. What does Grendel observe an archer killing in Chapter 9?

5. What does Grendel slip on that gives the Stranger the upper hand in Chapter 12?

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