Grendel Unit Test

Who wrote Grendel?

• Anonymous

• Burton Raffel

• John Gardner

• Robert Yeager

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The story is told from whose point-of-view?

• Beowulf

• The Shaper

• Grendel

• a third person Narrator

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During his encounter with men while stuck in a tree, Grendel considers men to be

• “The most dangerous things I’d ever met.”

• “The kindest things I’d ever met”

• “odd shapes and things of curiosity”

• bullheaded like the bull that attacked him

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While listening to the stories of man, why does Grendel conclude that he must be related to humans somehow?

• They have similar names

• They share a language

• They both feel grief

• They share a religion

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Who inspires the village to recreate their own history?

• The Shaper

• Hrothgar

• Grendel

• The Dragon

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What does Grendel want that the shaper and Hrothgar already have?

• someone to talk to

• a musical instrument

• a home

• food

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What does the dragon claim is Grendel’s role in the universe?

• An enemy to humans

• A son to his mother

• An observer of patterns

• An agent of change

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What is the dragon’s advice to Grendel twice in Chapter 5?

• “...to seek out gold and sit on it”

• “...do nothing but wait for the moment”

• “sleep as much as you can to avoid the humans”

• “Kill the king, kill King Hrothgar, and all your troubles will go away.”

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After encountering the dragon, how does the Shaper’s song make Grendel feel?

• Doubtful about himself

• Distressed for the world

• Angry at human ignorance

• Lonely about his situation

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Why does Grendel not destroy all of Hart and Hrothgar?

• If he kills all the men the he would no longer be needed

• He has lost interest in killing them

• His mother told him to stop attacking the men and the hall

• Because the Dragon’s advice told him to only kill one man at a time.

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