Multiple Choice Questions

How is Grendel characterized in this excerpt?Now and then some trivial argument would break out, and one of them would kill another one, and all the others would detach themselves from the killer as neatly as blood clotting, and they'd consider the case and they'd either excuse him, for some reason, or else send him out to the forest to live by stealing from their outlying pens like a wounded fox. At times I would try to befriend the exile, at other times I would try to ignore him, but they were treacherous. In the end, I had to eat them.
  • vicious
  • practical
  • characterization
  • as upset and confused
Which comparison of Beowulf and Grendel is most accurate?
  • Grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in Beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in Grendel.
  • In the poem, Grendel seems like a heartless monster, but in the novel he is emotionally complex.
  • tell the story of grendel's encounters with human
  • vicious
How is Grendel characterized in this excerpt?Thus I fled, ridiculous hairy creature torn apart by poetry—crawling, whimpering, streaming tears, across the world like a two-headed beast, like mixed-up lamb and kid at the tail of a baffled, indifferent ewe—and I gnashed my teeth and clutched the sides of my head as if to heal the split, but I couldn't.
  • characterization
  • Grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in Beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in Grendel.
  • practical
  • as upset and confused
both Beowulf and Grendel
  • as upset and confused
  • In the poem, Grendel seems like a heartless monster, but in the novel he is emotionally complex.
  • tell the story of grendel's encounters with human
  • characterization
in Grendel, john gardner uses
  • He feels disgusted by the wasteful nature of war.
  • He thinks that the men's religious behavior is strange and interesting.
  • 1st person point of view to help readers see grendel's side of a familiar story
  • tell the story of grendel's encounters with human
This version of Grendel is more ________ than the version in John Gardner's novel.
  • In the poem, Grendel seems like a heartless monster, but in the novel he is emotionally complex.
  • practical
  • vicious
  • characterization
Which statement best describes Grendel's perspective?Hrothgar met with his council for many nights and days, and they drank and talked and prayed to their curious carved-out creatures and finally came to a decision.
  • 1st person point of view to help readers see grendel's side of a familiar story
  • Grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in Beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in Grendel.
  • He thinks that the men's religious behavior is strange and interesting.
  • He feels disgusted by the wasteful nature of war.
Read the line from Grendel.I was safe in my tree, and the men who fought were nothing to me, except of course that they talked in something akin to my language, which meant that we were, incredibly, related.This is an example of a
  • first-person point of view to help readers see Grendel's side of a familiar story.
  • first-person narrative showing Grendel's perspective.
  • as upset and confused
  • the creature's actions
In Grendel, John Gardner uses
  • first-person narrative showing Grendel's perspective.
  • first-person point of view to help readers see Grendel's side of a familiar story.
  • as upset and confused
  • tell the story of Grendel's encounters with humans.
Both Beowulf and Grendel
  • understand Grendel's perspective.
  • first-person point of view to help readers see Grendel's side of a familiar story.
  • tell the story of Grendel's encounters with humans.
  • first-person narrative showing Grendel's perspective.
Read the excerpt from Grendel.I was safe in my tree, and the men who fought were nothing to me, except of course that they talked in something akin to my language, which meant that we were, incredibly, related. I was sickened, if only at the waste of it: all they killed—cows, horses, men—they left to rot or burn. I sacked all I could and tried to store it, but my mother would growl and make faces because of the stink.How is Grendel characterized in this excerpt?
  • Grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in Beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in Grendel.
  • He is careful and respectful of animal life.
  • He thinks that the men's religious behavior is strange and interesting.
  • the creature's actions
Which statements accurately compare Beowulf and Grendel? Check all that apply.
  • -Beowulf characterizes Grendel as bloodthirsty, but Grendel shows Grendel's gentler side.-Beowulf is sympathetic to the humans, while Grendel shows the monster's perspective.
  • tell the story of Grendel's encounters with humans.
  • first-person point of view to help readers see Grendel's side of a familiar story.
  • understand Grendel's perspective.
Read these lines from Beowulf.He realizedthat the demon was going to descend on the hall,that he had plotted all day, from dawn-lightuntil darkness gathered again over the worldand stealthy night-shapes came stealing forth under the cloud-murk.Read this excerpt from Grendel.Thus I fled, ridiculous hairy creature torn apart by poetry—crawling, whimpering, streaming tears, across the world like a two-headed beast, like mixed-up lamb and kid at the tail of a baffled, indifferent ewe—and I gnashed my teeth and clutched the sides of my head as if to heal the split, but I couldn't.Which statement best compares the two excerpts?
  • He is careful and respectful of animal life.
  • Grendel's thoughts
  • Grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in Beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in Grendel.
  • He thinks that the men's religious behavior is strange and interesting.
Which words best complete the comparison of Beowulf and Grendel?Readers of Beowulf hope that Grendel will be destroyed, but readers of Grendel are most likely to
  • as upset and confused
  • the creature's actions
  • understand Grendel's perspective.
  • first-person narrative showing Grendel's perspective.
Read the excerpt from Grendel.Now and then some trivial argument would break out, and one of them would kill another one, and all the others would detach themselves from the killer as neatly as blood clotting, and they'd consider the case and they'd either excuse him, for some reason, or else send him out to the forest to live by stealing from their outlying pens like a wounded fox. At times I would try to befriend the exile, at other times I would try to ignore him, but they were treacherous. In the end, I had to eat them.How is Grendel characterized in this excerpt?
  • Grendel's thoughts
  • troubled
  • vicious
  • practical
Read the excerpt from Grendel.I clamped my palms to my ears and stretched up my lips and shrieked again: a stab at truth, a snatch at apocalyptic glee. Then I ran on all fours, chest pounding, to the smoky mere.What does the author use in this excerpt to develop Grendel's character?
  • Grendel's thoughts
  • the creature's actions
  • troubled
  • as upset and confused
Read the line from Grendel.Hrothgar met with his council for many nights and days, and they drank and talked and prayed to their curious carved-out creatures and finally came to a decision.Which statement best describes Grendel's perspective?
  • He is careful and respectful of animal life.
  • He thinks that the men's religious behavior is strange and interesting.
  • Grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in Beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in Grendel.
  • first-person narrative showing Grendel's perspective.
Which statements accurately compare Beowulf and Grendel? Check all that apply.Both works are written in an Old English poetic style.Beowulf characterizes Grendel as bloodthirsty, but Grendel shows Grendel's gentler side.Beowulf is sympathetic to the humans, while Grendel shows the monster's perspective.Both works focus primarily on the hero, Beowulf.Beowulf is a contemporary version of an old tale, while Grendel is based on oral tradition.
  • Beowulf characterizes Grendel as bloodthirsty, but Grendel shows Grendel's gentler side.Beowulf is sympathetic to the humans, while Grendel shows the monster's perspective.
  • as upset and confused
  • practical
  • In the poem, Grendel seems like a heartless monster, but in the novel he is emotionally complex.
Read the description of Grendel from the epic poem Beowulf.If Grendel wins, it will be a gruesome day;he will glut himself on the Geats in the war-hall,swoop without fear on that flower of manhoodas on others before. Then my face won't be thereto be covered in death: he will carry me awayas he goes to ground, gorged and bloodied;he will run gloating with my raw corpseand feed on it alone, in a cruel frenzy,fouling his moor-nest.This version of Grendel is more ________ than the version in John Gardner's novel.vicioussensitiveanxiousgentle
  • the creature's actions
  • troubled
  • practical
  • vicious
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