Question 1

Grendel is described as reaching Herot

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Bearing God's hatred

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afraid of meeting Beowulf

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with the support of his mother

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accompanied by other monsters of the fen`

Question 2

Grendel movement is described as

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quick and angry

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hesitant and shy

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heavy and awkward

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slow and stubborn

Question 3

"But fate that night, intended Grendel to gnaw the broken bones of his last human supper" is an example of

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foreshadow

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alliteration

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kenning

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tone

Question 4

Why might Beowulf allow one of the soldiers to be ripped apart by Grendel?

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to give Grendel a false sense of power

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to create fear in the other soldiers

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to see if he can defeat him

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to punish the soldier

Question 5

All of the following reinforce the idea of Grendel being a force of evil EXCEPT

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strode quickly

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eyes that gleamed in the darkness

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snarling and fierce

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forever joyless

Question 6

The description of Grendel INFAMOUS furthers the idea that

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he has a bad reputation

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he was once a good person

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everybody knows who he is

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he is not well known

Question 7

The description of Grendel as the shepherd of evil is an example of

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kenning

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foreshadow

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alliteration

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caesura

Question 8

The battle with Grendel ends with Beowulf tearing off Grendel's arm and Grendel

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escaping to the fen to die

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running to the fen to regrow his arm

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fighting and killing off more of Beowulf's men

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dies in front of Beowulf in Herot

Question 9

"The water was bloody, steaming an boiling in horrible pounding waves,..." is an example of

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imagery

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foreshadow

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characterization

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kenning

Question 10

After the battle the story

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was told over and over again

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changed to make Hrothgar the hero against Grendel

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was forgotten by the Danes

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was changed to make Grendel look less like a monster

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