They would listen to each other at the meadhall tables, their pinched, cunning rats' faces picking like needles at the boaster's words, the warfalcons gazing down, black, from the rafters, and when one of them finished his raving threats, another would stand up and lift up his ram's horn, or draw his sword, or sometimes both if he was very drunk, and he'd tell them what he planned to do.

What is being described in this scene?

A. The king's men are planning the defeat of Grendel while they drink ale.

B. The king's men are motivating one another to be brave warriors in the soon-to-come battle.

C. Grendel is providing evidence for his hatred of humans by describing the king's men as boastful drunkards.

D. Grendel is comparing the likenesses between him and the king's men.

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Izabelle Castro

29 December, 11:30

They would listen to each other at the meadhall tables, their pinched, cunning rats' faces picking like needles at the boaster's words, the warfalcons gazing down, black, from the rafters, and when one of them finished his raving threats, another would stand up and lift up his ram's horn, or draw his sword, or sometimes both if he was very drunk, and he'd tell them what he planned to do.

What is being described in this scene?

A. The king's men are planning the defeat of Grendel while they drink ale.

B. The king's men are motivating one another to be brave warriors in the soon-to-come battle.

C. Grendel is providing evidence for his hatred of humans by describing the king's men as boastful drunkards.

D. Grendel is comparing the likenesses between him and the king's men.

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Brent Hardin · Answer 1

The correct answer is B) what is being described in this scene is 'the king's men are motivating one another to be brave warriors in the soon-to-come battle'.