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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wound does Beowulf inflict on Grendel?
(a) He cuts off Grendel's leg.
(b) He stabs Grendel through the heart with his sword.
(c) He chops Grendel's head off.
(d) He rips Grendel's arm off.

2. What does the Queen give Beowulf and his men to drink?
(a) Water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Mead.
(d) Milk.

3. What kind of man is Unferth described as being?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Loving.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Cowardly.

4. What towered "high to reach heaven" and "strong to withstand the buffet of war?"
(a) Heorot.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) Grendel.

5. What does Grendel hate the sound of?
(a) Men's voices.
(b) A warrior's battle cry.
(c) Snoring.
(d) The harp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Hrothgar and his warriors doing when Grendel first enters Heorot?

2. As Beowulf and his men march to Heorot, what glares from their helmets?

3. Who is Wulfgar?

4. After Grendel's defeat, what do the Danes decorate the hall with?

5. According to Beowulf, in the story of his swimming competition with Breca, who cried out for help?

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