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The Wrath of Grendel Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The story of Beowulf is the oldest ? poem.

a)

epic

b)

haiku

c)

Shakespearean

d)

gothic

2.

The story was TOLD by talented storytellers called ?

a)

scops

b)

novelists

c)

Vikings

d)

Geats

3.

Often times, ? would play while stories were told.

a)

banjos

b)

harps

c)

harmonicas

d)

trumpets

4.

The author of Beowulf is ?

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

John Steinbeck

c)

F Scott Fitzgerald

d)

UNKNOWN

5.

The story of Beowulf was not written down until the ? century

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

11th

6.

In the story, Grendel is the ?

a)

monster

b)

hero

c)

narrator

d)

scop

7.

Herot is the ?

a)

country north of Finland

b)

gathering place of King Hrothgar and his warriors

c)

God of war

d)

language of the Geats

8.

Although Grendel terrorized the mead hall, he would never touch ?

a)

the chandeliers

b)

King Hrothgar's meal

c)

King Hrothgar's throne

d)

Beowulf's sword

9.

The morning after the attack on the mead hall, King Hrothgar and his men were ?

a)

joyous

b)

mourning

c)

seeking vengeance

d)

confused

10.

Grendel terrorizes Hrothgar's kingdom for a period of ?

a)

5 days

b)

12 months

c)

12 summers

d)

12 winters

11.

After brutally killing thirty men, Grendel drags them back to ?

a)

Scandinavia

b)

the North Sea

c)

his lair

d)

the author does not say

12.

The men gather and consume a sweet drink of fermented honey and fruit called ?

a)

cola

b)

mead

c)

liquid gold

d)

the author does not say

13.

Grendel is banished by God because of the sins of Cain. This reference to a Biblical story is a literary device called ?

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

rhyming

d)

hyperbole