Beowulf Test

The story was written in

• The late 1300’s
• ~725 A.D
• Unknown
• 44 B.C.

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Why does Grendel attack Herot?

• He wants to join the party
• He wants everyone dead
• The music and noise hurt his ears
• His mom tells him to

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Who is King of the Danes and for what problem does he need help?

• Beowulf; a superiority complex
• Ecgtheow; a hulking man/monster who ate all of his men
• Unferth; alcoholism
• Hrothgar; a hulking man/monster who ate all of his men

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What promise does Beowulf make to Hrothgar and the Danes?

• He will be victorious at all costs.
• He will kill Grendel or die trying.
• There will be no survivors after the fight.
• Grendel will never haunt Heorot again.

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What does King Hrothgar decide to build?

• a funeral pyre
• a ship
• a mead hall
• a new house

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Grendel caused problems for the Danes for

• a decade
• 20 years
• one winter
• 12 years

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Grendel is the descendant of what evil man?

• Hrothgar
• Cain
• Beowulf
• Hitler

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How many men did Beowulf bring?

• 14
• 12
• 30
• 24

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Why does the author have Beowulf NOT use weapons?

• A spell saves Grendel from death by weapon
• It enhances Beowulf's hero status
• Both A and B
• He is allergic to the metal used.

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How does Beowulf defeat Grendel?

• Beheads him with a magic sword
• Rips his arm off
• His thanes ambush Grendel when he enters the mead hall
• With the sickest of burns

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