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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grendel say Hrothgar's sons would do with their father's gold?
(a) Give it all away.
(b) Weigh it in their minds.
(c) Spend it.
(d) Divide it evenly.

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

3. In Chapter 6, Who is the first to realize Grendel can talk?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Wealtheow.
(d) A priest.

4. How does Grendel discover that he cannot be harmed in Chapter 6?
(a) He hits himself with a knife.
(b) A guard attacks him.
(c) His mother scratches him.
(d) He steps on a spearhead.

5. Where is Grendel going when he leaves his home in Chapter 1?
(a) The forest.
(b) The moors.
(c) Hrothgar's Hall.
(d) The mountains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator’s name?

3. Who does Grendel say explains things to him?

4. What does Grendel call the words of the blind man in Chapter 3?

5. Why does the bull attack Grendel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Grendel's personal transformation during and as a result of his first raid.

2. What does the dragon say that changes Grendel's mind about approaching men? How does the dragon feel about Grendel's change of heart?

3. Why is Grendel drawn to and repulsed by Hrothgar's great hall?

4. What is the dragon’s dictum? How does he play out this dictum?

5. What entices Grendel to Hrothgar's hall? Why is a part of him swept up in the merriment?

6. Describe the location of Grendel’s home.

7. Who proves to be more heroic during the encounter between Unferth and Grendel in Grendel's cave?

8. Describe the arrangement between Hrothgar and his closest neighbors.

9. Describe how the men look the very first time Grendel sees them.

10. Discuss the quote on page 7 where Grendel gives himself alternate names (shadow-shooter, earth-rim-roamer, walker of the world's weird wall). What does this signify?

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