Grendel Chapters 9 & 10

How is Grendel feeling in chapter 9?

• afraid
• excited
• sad
• hungry

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What phrase do Hrothgar's people use to describe Grendel?

• nighttime-dweller
• world-rim-walker
• doomsday-demon
• spawn-of-satan

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Who does Grendel say "sit on the stomach like duck eggs"?

• actual ducks
• cowards
• priests
• royalty

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How do Hrothgar's people try to protect themselves from Grendel in ch. 9?

• praying to stone gods
• training for battle
• running away
• lighting themselves on fire

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Who is Ork?

• the eldest and wisest of Hrothgar's priests
• the bravest and strongest of Hrothgar's soldiers
• not a character from this book
• Grendel's sid

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Whom does Grendel pretend to be in ch. 9?

• The Great Destroyer
• Beowulf
• Cain
• Satan

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Whom/what does Grendel mess with at the beginning of chapter 10?

• Hrothgar's wife, Wealthow
• a goat
• Hrothgar's priest 
• the bull from chapter 2

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What happens to the Shaper in ch. 10?

• Grendel eats him
• He is replaced by a better, younger story-teller
• He dies
• He leaves, hoping to find a community better suited to his skills

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What/whom does the old woman in ch. 10 tell a story of to a group of children?

• a giant with the strength of 30 thanes

• a demonic monster who has terrorized Hrothgar's people for 12 years

• the denial of human pleas for help on the part of the gods

• a king with the weapon that can save Hrothgar's kingdom

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What change in his mother does Grendel describe in ch. 10?

• she no longer desires to be close to Grendel
• she has stopped eating and no longer wishes to live
• she has learned to speak
• she no longer shows any sign of sanity

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