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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?
(a) He throws her to the sea serpents.
(b) He strangles her.
(c) He stabs her through the heart.
(d) He cuts off her head.

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

3. For how many years had Grendel plagued Hrothgar?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 50 years.

4. Who do the Danes honor the one man in Beowulf's party who was killed by Grendel?
(a) They do not honor him.
(b) By re-naming the hall after him.
(c) With a song by the minstrel.
(d) With a poem in his honor.

5. Who tells Beowulf that Grendel can only be defeated by bare hands?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) Wealhtheow.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Grendel's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 2, who is brooding with grief and greedy for revenge?

2. Who is Wulfgar?

3. According to Beowulf, what did he and Breca giddily plunge into the water to do?

4. What promise does Hrothgar make to Beowulf after Grendel's mother is defeated?

5. Who does Beowulf's guide tell him will meet them at Heorot?

(see the answer key)

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