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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the banner Hrothgar gives Beowulf?
(a) Green.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Red.

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

3. Who does Unferth claim Beowulf lost a swimming match to?
(a) Breca.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Wulfgar.

4. When Beowulf and his men reach Heorot, what are they heavy with?
(a) Too much food.
(b) Gifts for the King.
(c) Weariness.
(d) Gold.

5. According to Beowulf, who was the first ashore in the swimming match with Breca?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Breca.
(c) It was a tie.
(d) A whale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grendel hate the sound of?

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

3. Who is Wulfgar?

4. What does Grendel do with the men he takes from Heorot?

5. Who did Hrothgar give golden rings and bracelets to?

(see the answer key)

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