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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Hrothgar and his warriors doing when Grendel first enters Heorot?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Feasting.

2. Who stays awake waiting for Grendel while the other warriors sleep in the hall?
(a) Grendel's mother.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Hrothgar.

3. What attacked Beowulf while he was in the ocean with Breca?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Breca.
(c) A pirate.
(d) A serpent.

4. What decorates the goblets the Queen uses to serve Beowulf and his men?
(a) Copper.
(b) Carvings of dragons.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Nothing.

5. Who does Beowulf's guide tell him will meet them at Heorot?
(a) Grendel.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Wulfgar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Grendel enter the hall?

2. What does Beowulf say his spears are made of?

3. What kind of man is Unferth described as being?

4. How many men did Beowulf bring with him to Denmark?

5. For how many years had Grendel plagued Hrothgar?

(see the answer key)

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