Grendel Chapter 6

In what way is Grendel “born again” when he savagely attacks the mead hall?

• Grendel is no longer trying to fit in with the humans
• He believes he has discovered his place in the universe.
• Grendel is free from the influence of the Shaper
• All of these listed are true of Grendel's being "born again."

Which aspects of the Shaper's song in Chapter 6 DO NOT enrage Grendel?

• Hope
• Thanking God for a great king
• the bounty of deer in the forest for their hunters.
• Calling themselves the richest and most powerful in the world.

Why does Grendel decide to stay hidden from the humans in the future, and he decides that he will not longer give them "heart attacks?"

• Because the dragon scared him and now he knows how it feels to be scared.
• He has become bored with dealing with the humans.
• He finds it much more fun visiting the dragon where he has someone who will listen to him.
• All of these are true about Grendel's reasons for hiding.

In what ways does the dragon believe that Grendel improves man?

• Grendel's existence encourages man to write poetry.
• Grendel's existence encourages man to invent religion.
• Grendel's existence encourages man to invent technology and make other advances.
• All of these are true regarding Grendel's existence.

After humiliating Unferth, Grendel said, "so much for heroism. So much for the harvest virgin. So much, also, for the alternative visions of blind old poets and dragons (p. 90). What does this say about his true motives with Unferth?

• That humiliating Unferth gives him great pleasure.
• He doesn't want to disappoint the queen by killing him.
• By humiliating Unferth, he also proves the Shaper to be false.
• He thought the dragon to be pleased with him.

Grendel said, "My heart became darker because of that." What is "that"?

• The way the thanes treat him.

• The fact that men's weapons can no longer harm him.

• His mother's inability to talk.

• The discussion he had with the dragon.

Grendel has an understandable dislike for the Shaper. As he listens to the Shaper's song, he states, "I no longer remember exactly what he sang. I know only that it had a strange effect on me..." What is the "strange effect"?

• It enraged him.

• It filled him with distess.

• It filled him with loneliness.

• It made him hungry for roasted Thane brain.

Grendel said, "I was Grendel,..." Fill in the missing information.

• "ruiner of good mead."

• "the cutest beast you'll ever meet."

• "Ruiner of mead halls, Wrecker of Kings."

• "Ruiner of thanes' lives, and Destroyer of Hrothgar."

When battling Unferth, what does Grendel use as a weapon?

• A guard's head

• the mead table

• apples

• his talons

Why does Grendel spare Unferth's life?

• to emphasize the ridiculous nature of what the poet calls "heroism"

• Grendel is not hungry.

• Unferth begs for his life to be spared.

• Grendel's mother kills Unferth instead.