Question

Below are four lines from sections I – IV. (There is one line from each section.) Sequence them based on when they occurred in the story of Beowulf.

a. "How ceaselessly Grendel / harassed Hrothgar . . ."

b. "'Who are ye, then, ye arméd men, / mailéd folk . . .'"

c. "It came in his mind / to bid his henchmen a hall uprear"

d. "'To Hrothgar I / in greatness of soul would succor bring'"

Answer 1

C. "It came in his mind / to bid his henchmen a hall uprear"
A. "How ceaselessly Grendel / harassed Hrothgar . . ."
B. "'Who are ye, then, ye arméd men, / mailéd folk . . .'"
D. "'To Hrothgar I / in greatness of soul would succor bring'"