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Which comparison of Beowulf and Grendel is most accurate?

A
Grendel is characterized as sensitive in the poem, but he is characterized as cruel in the novel.
B
Both the poem and the novel are all about Grendel; he is the main character in both stories.
C
In the poem, Grendel seems like a heartless monster, but in the novel he is emotionally complex.
D
The poem and the novel are very similar, and both characterize Grendel in the same way.
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Which statements accurately contrast Beowulf and Grendel? Select 2 options.

A
Both works are written in an Old English poetic style.
B
Beowulf characterizes Grendel as bloodthirsty, but Grendel shows Grendel’s gentler side.
C
Beowulf is sympathetic to the humans, while Grendel shows the monster’s perspective.
D
Both works focus primarily on the hero, Beowulf.
E
Beowulf is a contemporary version of an old tale, while Grendel is based on oral tradition.
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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.

A
the creature’s actions
B
the creature’s thoughts
C
Beowulf’s words
D
Beowulf’s perspective
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Read the excerpt from Grendel.Then they would fight. Spears flying, swords whonking, arrows raining from the windows and doors of the meadhall and the edge of the woods. Horses reared and fell over screaming, ravens flew, crazy as bats in a fire, men staggered, gesturing wildly, making speeches, dying or sometimes pretending to be dying, sneaking off. Sometimes the attackers would be driven back, sometimes they’d win and burn the meadhall down, sometimes they’d capture the king of the meadhall and make his people give weapons and gold rings and cows.It was confusing and frightening, not in a way I could untangle. 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.

A
He enjoys watching the violent men kill one another.
B
He admires the powerful weapons and strong men.
C
He wishes to be part of the excitement somehow.
D
He feels disgusted by the wasteful nature of war.
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Both Beowulf and Grendel

A
are epic poems written hundreds of years ago.
B
tell the story of Grendel’s encounters with humans.
C
are written in first-person point of view.
D
show the reader Grendel’s perspective on events.
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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.

A
He is weak and easily disgusted by dead animals.
B
He is careful and respectful of animal life.
C
He is cruel and disobedient to his mother’s wishes.
D
He is considerate and mindful of the fighting men.
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Read the excerpt from Grendel.It wasn’t because he threw that battle-ax that I turned on Hrothgar. That was mere midnight foolishness. I dismissed it, thought of it afterward only as you remember a tree that fell on you or an adder you stepped on by accident, except of course that Hrothgar was more to be feared than a tree or snake. It wasn’t until later, when I was full-grown and Hrothgar was an old, old man, that I settled my soul on destroying him—slowly and cruelly.

A
Grendel’s words
B
Grendel’s thoughts
C
Hrothgar’s words
D
Hrothgar’s perspective

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