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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During their swimming competition, what separated Beowulf and Breca?
(a) A north-easter storm.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The whales.
(d) A ship.

2. Who is Hrothgar?
(a) The King of the Geats.
(b) Beowulf's brother.
(c) The monster.
(d) The King of the Danes.

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

4. Where does Beowulf say he and his men are from?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Sweden.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Wulfgar?

3. What does Beowulf do with his "grisly trophy" of Grendel's defeat?

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

5. How tall is Grendel?

(see the answer key)

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