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1. For how many years does Grendel’s battle with the humans last?

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2. Who or what is Hart?

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3. What do the humans think Grendel is when they find him in the tree?

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4. What is the dragon’s final piece of advice to Grendel?

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5. Who is Scyld Shefing?

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6. What instrument does the Shaper play?

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7. How does Grendel reach the dragon?

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8. What type of animal is Grendel observing at the opening of the book?

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9. Who, according to the Shaper, is Grendel’s ancestor?

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10. What term does the dragon use to describe the nature of Grendel’s relationship to the humans?

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11. What objects does Grendel throw at Unferth in the meadhall?

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12. What are Wealtheow’s people called?

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13. How does Hrothgar come to be married to Wealtheow?

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14. Who is Breca?

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15. Who is the only person seemingly happy about Ork’s vision of the Destroyer?

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16. What does Grendel take “Warovvish” to mean?

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17. What keeps climbing up the cliff, even after Grendel kills it with stones?

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18. How, in Grendel’s estimation, do the Geats appear when they first arrive in Denmark?

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19. Where does Grendel find himself at the very end of the novel?

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20. How, in Grendel’s eyes, does Beowulf manage to best him?

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21. What does Beowulf force Grendel to do during their final battle?

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22. What does Grendel decide when the bull starts attacking him?

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23. What school of philosophy does Red Horse best embody?

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24. Who is plotting to overthrow Hrothgar in a revolution?

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25. Where do Grendel and his mother live?