Beowulf Final

What is the name of the hall built by King Hrothgar?

• Herot

• Hrunting

• Higlac

• Scylding

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How are the Danes tortured for 12 years?

• They are at war with the Geats.

• Grendel’s mother is threatening them with revenge.

• Grendel continues killing each night keeping them out of their hall.

• Their food supply was running low.

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Which biblical figure is Grendel connected to?

• David

• Hrothgar

• Cain

• Unferth

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Why does Beowulf fight Grendel without a sword?

• He doesn’t want his king to think he’s a coward.

• Grendel doesn’t use any weapons, so it wouldn’t be fair.

• He knew about Grendel’s magical spell making weapons useless.

• Both A and B

• All of the above

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How does Grendel die?

• Beowulf stabbed him with a sword called Hrunting.

• Beowulf uses a giant’s weapon that is enchanted with magic to slice his arm off.

• He is stabbed by Beowulf’s knife.

• As he tears out of Beowulf’s grasp, he is severely injured and returns to the marsh to bleed to death.

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Why does Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel’s mother?

• All his soldiers were just killed during her attack.

• He is embarrassed that he allowed the men to return to the hall to sleep.

• He has never expected his own men to be able to kill a monster.

• She murdered someone Hrothgar cared about and carried off Grendel’s clawed arm, so he wanted to be sure she was destroyed.

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What is so fantastical about Beowulf’s journey to her lair?

• Beowulf is able to stay alive under water for what seems like hours.

• Other sea monsters join them, attacking Beowulf.

• Beowulf is able to find and use a giant’s sword against the monster.

• Both A and B.

• All of the above.

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How does Grendel’s mother die?

• Beowulf kills her with a giant’s sword he found in the lair.

• Wiglaf helps defeat the monster with his bare hands.

• King Hrothgar shoots an arrow.

• She dies of a broken heart.

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What did Beowulf do to Grendel’s body when he found it in his mother’s lair?

• Gave it a proper burial.

• Burned it to ensure it was gone for good.

• Prayed over it, sending it to hell.

• Cut off its head and brought it to Hrothgar as a trophy.

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How did Hrothgar reward Beowulf?

• He passed his crown over to Beowulf.

• He sang a song in Beowulf's honor.

• He gave Beowulf treasures and gold.

• He offered his daughter’s hand in marriage.

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