Answer:
cause someone or something to be distracted or diverted from.
Grendel attacks Heorot and devours the first warrior he encounters, when he tries to grab the second warrior, Grendel is shocked when the warrior grabs him back with great strenght (by the time the reader discovers this warrior was actually Beowulf).
False because it can be a contextualized as you want it to or however the teacher wants it to be