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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. In Chapter 7, who sings at the feast when Wealtheow is given to Hrothgar?
(a) Hrothulf.
(b) Hygmod.
(c) Ingeld.
(d) Wealtheow.
2. How do the Strangers arrive in Chapter 11?
(a) They swim.
(b) By boat.
(c) They walk.
(d) By horse.
3. What is the queen's name?
(a) Freya.
(b) Freawaru.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Wealtheow.
4. What does Grendel discover about the second man he snatches in Chapter 12?
(a) It is Hrothgar.
(b) He is awake.
(c) He is dead.
(d) It is Unferth.
5. The young priest tells the people that the gods made what for their joy?
(a) The world.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is unique about Ork?
2. Who do the priests ask the gods to deliver them from in Chapter 9?
3. What does the coast guard wish to know of the Strangers in Chapter 11?
4. Why have the Strangers come in Chapter 11?
5. Who does Grendel ask the blind priest to tell him about in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the lead Stranger. How does he act? What does he look like?
2. What is the relationship between Hrothgar and Wealtheow? Are they a happy couple?
3. Describe the effect Wealtheow has on Hrothgar's hall.
4. Does the Finn tale function only to foreshadow what will befall Hrothgar? Who else could suffer a similar fate?
5. What does Grendel mean by saying that it is just as pointless to kill Wealtheow as to let her live?
6. Discuss the people's view of religion after years of Grendel's oppression.
7. The goat invading the mere can be seen as a symbol and foreshadowing. What does the goat stand for?
8. Discuss Ork's behavior as he talks about the King of Gods.
9. Compare the bowsman hunting the hart to the priest coming to Grendel in the ring of gods.
10. Discuss the statement, "By deeds worth praise a man can, in any kingdom, prosper!" (112). How do these words from the Shaper contradict what the dragon told Grendel?
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