3. Which answer best summarizes the events from the poem contained in the following lines? (15 points) "This plainly he saw then
Who with mirth of mood malice no little
Had wrought in the past on the race of the earthmen,
That his body would fall him
But Higelac's hardy henchman and kinsman
Held him by the hand"
Grendel has the upper hand in the fight and is stronger than Beowulf.
O Beowulf is struggling in his battle with Grendel and wants to give up.
O Grendel cannot match Beowulf's strength, and he knows he will lose the fight.
O Beowulf is happy when he sees a way to end the fight with Grendel quickly.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

Wealth is greater than health prove

Which point(s) of view do whitman's and coleridge's speaker use ?