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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does the minstrel play while Beowulf and his men are in the hall?
(a) The violin.
(b) The harp.
(c) The flute.
(d) The piano.

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

3. How many serpents did Beowulf slay in his story of the swimming competition between he and Breca's?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 6.

4. According to Beowulf, what did he and Breca giddily plunge into the water to do?
(a) Cool off.
(b) Battle monster whales.
(c) Swim to the far shore.
(d) Impress the maidens.

5. What decorates the goblets the Queen uses to serve Beowulf and his men?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Copper.
(d) Carvings of dragons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the banner Hrothgar gives Beowulf?

2. What does Beowulf call Unferth's claims against him?

3. What attacked Beowulf while he was in the ocean with Breca?

4. Who do the Danes honor the one man in Beowulf's party who was killed by Grendel?

5. What instruments are playing as the Queen enters the hall?

(see the answer key)

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