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WorksheetsBeowulf vs Grendel's Mother
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the "new terror" after Grendel was defeated?
a)
Grendel's mother
b)
King Hrothgar
c)
Wiglaf
d)
Beowulf
2.
What motivates Grendel's mom?
a)
love
b)
hope
c)
faith
d)
revenge
3.
Who does Grendel's mother kidnap?
a)
King Hrothgar
b)
Beowulf
c)
Wiglaf
d)
Hrothgar's closest friend
4.
Where does the battle with Grendel's mother take place?
a)
Herot
b)
Mead Hall
c)
a bloody Lake
d)
deep in the woods
5.
Grendel's mother also carries off
a)
Grendel's arm
b)
Hrothgar's favorite dog
c)
Hrothgar's treasure
d)
Hrothgar's son
6.
What is Hrunting?
a)
Grendel's sword
b)
Beowulf's sword
c)
Hrothgar's mead hall
d)
A dagger
7.
How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?
a)
He strangles her
b)
He throws her up to the sea serpents
c)
He cuts off her head
d)
He stabs her through the heart
8.
How does Beowulf seem superhuman the day he defeated Grendel's mother?
a)
He swam for the better part of a day.
b)
He fought underwater against an incredible foe.
c)
He swam up from the cave with Grendel's huge head, a sword, and his armor.
d)
All of the above.
9.
What does Beowulf do when he sees Grendel's body in the lair?
a)
Weeps
b)
Leaves the body untouched
c)
Burns the body
d)
Cuts off his head
10.
What is Hrunting?
a)
Grendel's sword
b)
Beowulf's sword
c)
Hrothgar's mead hall
d)
A dagger
11.
What saves Beowulf from the claws and dagger of Grendel's mother?
a)
his chain mail shirt
b)
his battle helmet
c)
his sword, Hrunting
d)
his swift swimming
12.
What does Beowulf find when he returns to shore from the battle in the mere?
a)
Hrothgar and his men had given up and left, but his own men had waited for him.
b)
His men had returned to Daneland thinking that he had perished in the cave.
c)
Hrothgar had built a shrine to Beowulf's greatness on the shore of the mere.
d)
The Danes and the Geats were at war because the Geats blamed the Danes for Beowulf's demise.
13.
Why does Beowulf toss his sword aside?
a)
It is useless against Grendel's Mother.
b)
It's not sharp enough.
c)
Grendel's Mother bites the blade in half.
d)
Wait, Beowulf had a sword?
14.
Why did Beowulf have to fight Grendel's mother?
a)
she killed Hrothgar's closest friend
b)
she killed more Danes and Geats
15.
What did Beowulf do after his assumed death?
a)
Went to heaven.
b)
Haunted Grendel's mother.
c)
Rise from the water.
d)
Vanished into the lake.
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