Beowulf and Grendel Battle
Authored by Margaret Anderson
English
12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The battle with Grendel occurs...
as soon as Beowulf is finished his boast.
after the banquet and Hrothgar and his men leave.
while Beowulf reiterates his desire to fight without his sword.
before the banquet and Beowulf and his men are stripped of their swords.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
"By morning; the monster's mind was hot" (This is an example of a(n)...)
pun.
hyperbole.
oxymoron.
alliteration.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
"Grasped at a strong-hearted wakeful sleeper" (Which best identifies line 270?)
kenning
caesura
haiku
limerick
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Why does Beowulf allow one of his followers to be taken by Grendel before he attacks him?
Beowulf is scared out of his wits when he actually sees Grendel.
Beowulf wants to lull Grendel into a false sense of complacency to catch him off guard.
Beowulf is waiting for the follower to fight back to distract Grendel.
Grendel moved so swiftly through the cloudy night.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which does not reinforce the idea of Grendel as a force for evil?
He had visited Hrothgar's Home before, knew the way--
Gleamed in the darkness, burned with a gruesome Light.
Intended to tear the life from those bodies
With the thought of food and the feasting his belly Would soon know.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
When Higlac's follower puts that tight grip on the shepherd of evil, what was Grendel's first thought?
kick
scream
fight
run
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What does writhing mean in context? "...his claws had been caught, he was trapped. That trip to Herot was a miserable journey for the writhing monster!"
unsuccessful
twisting, squirming in pain
running away terrified
hapless, hopeless, joyless
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
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