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Beowulf Part 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Grendel's mother take from Heorot? (p. 13)

a)

Grendel's arm

b)

A warrior

c)

Grendel's arm and a warrior

d)

Beowulf

2.

Beowullf did not hear the tumult of Grendel's mother's visit to Heorot on p. 13 because he was...

(a)  

3.

What was the name of the warrior that Grendel's mother took?

(a)  

4.

Where does Grendel's mother go back to after she takes back Grendel's arm?

a)

The misty moor

b)

The lake

c)

Heorot

d)

The hills

5.

How is the King's horse described on p.15?

(a)  

6.

What did the warriors discover had happened to brave Aeschere on p. 16?

a)

He had been beheaded

b)

His body had been torn in half

c)

Grendel's mother had taken him into the lake

7.

When Beowulf sounded his battle horn, what happened next on p. 16?

a)

Grendel's arm appeared from out of the lake

b)

The warriors prepared for battle

c)

Grendel's mother appeared from the lake

d)

sea-monsters rose from the surface of the lake

8.

When the sea-monsters disappear, tick all the things Beowulf does on p. 17

a)

Sounds his horn for a second time

b)

Calls for Grendel's mother

c)

Decides he will have to dive into the lake himself

d)

Ask for Hrothgar's permission

9.

What word on p. 17 means high-pitched?

(a)  

10.

What is the first thing Beowulf is dressed in before he ventures into the lake on p. 18?

(a)  

11.

Who/what is Hrunting?

a)

Beowulf's best warrior

b)

Hrothgar's sword

c)

Beowulf's sword

12.

Where did Grendel's mother take Beowulf in the lake on p. 19?

a)

To a hall at the bottom of the lake

b)

To the bottom of the lake

c)

To the surface of the lake

d)

Across the misty moor

13.

What did Grendel's mother do on p. 20?

a)

Threw Beowulf across the hall

b)

Stabbed Beowulf with a knife

c)

Stabbed Beowulf with his own sword

d)

Ran from him, defeated

14.

What saved Bewoulf's life form Grendel's mother's stabbing on p.20?

(a)  

15.

How did Beowulf finally defeat Grendel's mother?

a)

He used his sword Hrunting to stab her fatally

b)

He saw a golden sword on the wall and beheaded her

c)

He used his bare hands to strangle her

d)

Other warriors came and helped Beowulf to overpower her.

16.

What happened to Beowulf's new, golden sword when he beheaded Grendel on p. 21?

a)

The blade melted

b)

The sword shone even more golden

c)

The sword disappeared

d)

The whole sword melted

17.

What did the people of Heorot think when they saw blood reach the surface on p. 22? Beowulf had...

(a)  

18.

What did Beowulf bring out of the lake?

a)

The body of Grendel

b)

The head of Grendel

c)

The body of Grendel's mother

d)

Both the heads of Grendel and his mother

19.

What happened once Beowulf brought Hrothgar Grendel's head p. p. 23-24?

a)

They had a feast

b)

The sun appeared

c)

Beowulf decided to go home

d)

Beowulf stayed in Heorot

e)

Peace was forged between Hrothgar and Beowulf's people

20.

What word on page 25 means 'filled with great joy and triumph'?

(a)