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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Beowulf and his men cross on their way to Heorot?
(a) The Red Sea.
(b) The Baltic Sea.
(c) The Jordan River.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

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

3. What happens to the blade of the tremendous sword found in the lair?
(a) It cracks.
(b) It shatters.
(c) It melts.
(d) Nothing.

4. What kills Beowulf?
(a) Poison from the dragon's bite.
(b) Grendel's mother.
(c) Grendel.
(d) Wiglaf.

5. How does Hrothgar describe the Grendel lake?
(a) Weird and evil.
(b) Falsely beautiful.
(c) Ominous and dark.
(d) Chilling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Hrothgar's queen?

3. When does Hrothgar say he previously knew Beowulf?

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

5. What is placed with Beowulf on his funeral pyre?

(see the answer key)

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