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Grendel's Mother

Authored by Billie Kennedy

12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Grendel's Mother
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does Grendel's mother get revenge for her son's death?

She kills one of Hrothgar's friends
She attacks Beowulf and injures him
She destroys Heorot so there will never be parties there
She kills Beowulf

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Beowulf kills Grendel's mother by

Cutting her head off 
Stabbing her with a magic sword
Knocking her off a cliff
Drowning her

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Grendel's mother also carries off

Grendel's arm
Hrothgar's favorite dog
Hrothgar's treasure
Hrothgar's son

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does Beowulf seem superhuman the day he defeated Grendel's mother?

He swam for the better part of a day.
He fought underwater against an incredible foe.
He swam up from the cave with Grendel's huge head, a sword, and his armor.
All of the above.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened in the cave after Beowulf beheaded Grendel's mother?

The water drained from the cave.
Blood filled the cavern, and he couldn't see.
Light shone like the candle of heaven.
Grendel came back to life to fight Beowulf again.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Beowulf find when he returns to shore from the battle in the mere?

Hrothgar and his men had given up and left, but his own men had waited for him.
His men had returned to Daneland thinking that he had perished in the cave.
Hrothgar had built a shrine to Beowulf's greatness on the shore of the mere.
The Danes and the Geats were at war because the Geats blamed the Danes for Beowulf's demise.

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Beowulf met Grendel’s mother in  ________ to do what with her? 

the lake, to battle with her.
the Herot, to tell her that her son is dead.
Hrothgar's court, to confront her.
outside of the the Dane's city gates, to console her.

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