Grendel Quizzes

Grendel Quiz 1

By Todd Gordon · Edited by Bella Wang · Last reviewed December 08, 2010

1 What is Grendel trying to scare at the beginning of the novel?

a bull

an old woman

a warrior

a ram
2 How long has Grendel been in conflict with Hrothgar?

12 years

7 years

20 years

5 years
3 Where does Grendel live?

in a dungeon

in an oak tree

on a mountaintop

an underground cave
4 What philosophy does Grendel espouse in Chapter 1?

existentialism

cyclical reality

solipsism

nihilism
5 What lurks in the pool near Grendel's lair?

crocodiles

squids

sea serpents

firesnakes
6 In what does Grendel become trapped on his visit to the sunlit world?

a small cave

an oak tree

a hunter's net

a pool of quicksand
7 What does Hrothgar first think Grendel is?

an old man

a statue

a monster

a tree spirit
8 What do the first warriors who meet Grendel attempt to do to him?

feed him a pig

kill a goat for him

avoid him

give him treasures
9 When Grendel becomes trapped, what attacks him?

a bull

his mother

a dragon

a ram
10 Who or what rescues Grendel from Hrothgar's torment?

a ram

the dragon

a suden storm

Grendel's mother
11 What does Grendel most want to do with the first humans he meets?

eat them

talk to them

capture them

destroy them
12 Who inspires the village to recreate their own history?

the dragon

Hrothgar

Wealtheow

the Shaper
13 What physical defect does the Shaper possess?

he is blind

he is deaf

he is scarred

he is mute
14 Who aspires to unite the various villages under one rule?

Hrothgar

Hrothulf

Unferth

Hymgod
15 Who challenges Grendel's existentialism with his own heroic ideals?

Hymgod

Hrothgar

the Shaper

Unferth
16 Who is Wealtheow's brother?

Hymgod

Unferth

Hrothgar

Hrothulf
17 Who is ruler over the Helmings?

Hymgod

Unferth

Hrothulf

Wealtheow
18 Who rules the Scyldings?

Hrothgar

Unferth

Red Horse

Hymgod
19 Who is Hrothulf's peasant advisor?

Unferth

Pale Shadow

Hymgod

Red Horse
20 What offense does Unferth become known for?

treason against Hrothgar

the theft of gold

an assault on Wealtheow

the murder of his brothers
21 Who is the queen of the Scyldings?

Brunnhylde

Freya

Wealtheow

Carmen
22 What pet does Hymgod bring to Herot?

a tiger

a lion

a dragon

a bear
23 What is the name of the dragon's philosophy?

cyclical nature

nihilism

solipsism

empiricism
24 What does the stranger force Grendel to do?

surrender his immortality

create a poem

repay his debts to Hrothgar

leave Denmark
25 What is the dragon's final advice to Grendel?

collect gold and guard it

destroy Hrothgar and his people

avoid human beings at all costs

go home to his mother and stay there

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