Grendel Quest
1. In chapter 1 Grendel ___.
A. extends his middle finger toward the sky to show his anger.
B. meets the shaper for the first time.
C. observes the development of human civilization.
D. gets stuck in a tree and is attacked by a bull.
2. Chapter 1 begins ___.
A. at the beginning of the twelfth year of Grendel’s war on Hrothgar’s kingdom.
B. before Grendel has launched his twelve year war on Hrothgar’s kingdom.
C. after Wiglaf and Beowulf defeat the dragon.
D. before Grendel meets the dragon.
3. What does Grendel learn about humans in chapter 2?
A. Humans are friends with the animals.
B. Humans are theory makers who invent understanding of the world around them.
C. Humans are mechanical creatures that act on instinct.
D. Humans know who Grendel is and are against him.
4. What does Grendel learn about animals in chapter 2?
A. Animals are friends with the humans.
B. Animals are theory makers who invent understanding of the world around them.
C. Animals are mechanical creatures that act on instinct.
D. Animals are against Grendel.
5. Which of the following is not something Grendel observes while watching and listening to humans in chapter 3?
A. Grendel listens to the shaper sing about Hrothgar’s heroic ancestors.
B. Grendel sees groups of Danes develop from hunter-gathers to farmers to an organized civilization under Hrothgar’s control.
C. Grendel sees groups of humans attack other groups, destroying buildings, crops, animals, etc.
D. Grendel sees many acts of human heroism and kindness.
6. When stuck in the tree Grendel begins to ___.
A. Talk to the dragon
B. See the world as an exciting playground to explore
C. Plot the destruction of Unferth and Wealtheow
D. Divide the world into I and it
7. How does Grendel feel about the Shaper’s songs?
A. Grendel is bored by the Shaper’s songs.
B. Grendel feels conflicted: the songs are attractive but he knows they are lies.
C. Grendel loves the Shaper’s songs without reservation.
D. Grendel is completely unaffected by the Shaper’s songs.
8. In chapter three and four Grendel notices that ____.
A. The Shaper’s songs make the Scyldings seem nobler and more heroic than they really are.
B. The Shaper is hated by Hrothgar and his warriors.
C. The Shaper’s songs make the Scyldings seem less noble and less heroic than they really are.
D. The Shaper’s songs are long and boring.
9. The belief that existence lacks meaning and value is called ___.
A. nihilism
B. anarchism
C. heroism
D. beauty
10. Grendel’s feelings about the Shaper’s songs ___.
A. lead Grendel to the dragon
B. cause Grendel to approach the humans to talk with them
C. create conflict within Grendel’s mind
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
11. The Dragon explains to Grendel that ___.
A. everything dies, everything ends, everything is temporary and therefore everything is meaningless
B. the Shaper is really Grendel’s friend
C. the humans deserve a second chance
D. monsters should become more like people
12. What physical change that happens to Grendel symbolizes the emotional change that occurs while talking with the dragon?
A. The Dragon transforms Grendel into a bull.
B. The Dragon charms Grendel’s flesh so swords can not harm him.
C. Grendel grows in size after talking with the Dragon.
D. Grendel begins to look more human after talking with the dragon.
13. How does Grendel treat Unferth?
A. Grendel kills Unferth because all life is meaningless
B. Grendel mocks Unferth instead of killing him because Unferth wants to die as a hero.
C. Grendel befriends Unferth and listens closely to Unferth’s philosophy.
D. Grendel makes Unferth squeal like a pig.
14. Unferth believes primarily in ___.
A. nihilism
B. heroism
C. beauty
D. anarchism
15. What does Wealtheow bring to Hrothgar’s people (the Scyldings)?
A. beauty, calmness, kindness
B. heroism, strength, bravery
C. belief in God
D. deception, trickery, lies
16. How does Wealtheow become Hrothgar’s queen?
A. Hygmod gives his sister to Hrothgar in order to maintain peace with Hrothgar’s kingdom.
B. Wealtheow falls in love with Hrothgar because he is a great warrior.
C. Wealtheow chooses Hrothgar after he defeats Unferth in a duel.
D. Hrothgar saves Wealtheow from Grendel and then takes her as his queen.
17. Which of the following is not among the ways Grendel responds to Wealtheow?
A. He both is attracted to her beauty and kindness and is angered by it, which is similar to the way he felt about the Shaper.
B. He decides not to kill her; he says killing her would be just as meaningless as not killing her.
C. He makes her squeal like a pig in order to strip away her beauty and calmness just as he mocked Unferth in order to strip away his heroism.
D. He is so deeply affected by her that he decides to stop killing humans.
18. Hrothulf is ___.
A. Wealtheow’s brother who gives her to Hrothgar.
B. The priest Grendel talks with.
C. Hrothgar’s nephew who wants “Universal Justice”.
D. Grendel’s father’s name.
19. Red Horse believes ___.
A. Deeply in God and religion.
B. In heroism, like Unferth and the stranger.
C. All governments are evil. He’s an anarchist.
D. In Wealtheow’s beauty and kindness.
20. The way Red Horse teaches Hrothulf is similar to the way the ___ teaches Grendel.
A. Hrothgar
B. The Dragon
C. Wealtheow
D. The Shaper
21. Ork believes that ___.
A. everything has a purpose
B. nothing has value
C. heroism in battle is the most important virtue
D. Grendel will be killed by Beowulf
22. Which of the following events toward the end of the novel seems to foreshadow Grendel’s death?
A. the shaper’s death
B. Unferth’s death
C. Wealtheow’s death
D. Hrothgar’s death
23. How does Grendel feel about the arrival of the strangers (the Geats)?
A. He thinks they are a joke.
B. He is bored because they look weak.
C. He is ticked off because they make stupid, unrealistic boasts.
D. He is excited by their arrival.
24. Why does Grendel feel that way toward the strangers (Geats)?
A. They will break up the mechanical boredom of his life.
B. At some level Grendel knows that death is the only way out of the mechanical boredom of his meaningless life.
C. They will teach him how to live a more meaningful life.
D. Both A and C
E. Both A and B
25. The Stranger seems to be which character from the Old English poem Beowulf?
A. Grendel’s mother
B. Hrothgar
C. Wiglaf
D. Beowulf
26. What does the Stranger try to teach Grendel? The Stranger teaches Grendel ___.
A. to find gold and sit on it
B. do whatever you want to pass the time
C. a person (or monster) must create meaning, value, and hope
D. that the Dragon was right
27. The Stranger’s philosophy shows that he has the opposite beliefs of which character?
A. Unferth
B. Wealtheow
C. The Dragon
D. The Shaper
28. In the end ___.
A. Grendel accepts what the Stranger tries to teach him and wishes that he had created meaning, value, and hope while he lived
B. Rejects what the Stranger tries to teach him and believes that his death is a meaningless accident
C. Grendel promises to change his behavior and the Stranger lets him live
D. Grendel defeats the Stranger
29. “Poor Grendel’s had an accident…so may you all” ___.
A. are the Stranger’s last words, which show that he hates Grendel
B. are Grendel’s last words, which show that he sees life as a pointless accident
C. is a clear statement of the author’s deeply held beliefs
D. are random words that Mr. Cook plucked out of his own head
30. The novel’s author, John Gardner, seems to want to show the reader that ___.
E. life is meaningless so do whatever you want to pass the time
F. strong heroes always defeat evil monsters
G. people must find hope, meaning, and value in life or we are doomed to live an empty, boring, repetitive existence
H. Mr. Cook likes assigning hard books
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