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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Beowulf reaches the bank of the lake, what does he do?
(a) Falls to the ground in exhaustion.
(b) Places Grendel's mother's head on a spear.
(c) Kisses the ground.
(d) Places Grendel's head on a spear.

2. When the dragon comes out of its den spitting fire, what encircles Beowulf?
(a) Smoke and fire.
(b) Angels.
(c) Magic.
(d) His warriors.

3. When the dragon wakes, what is missing from his treasure?
(a) A chest of gold.
(b) Nothing.
(c) One goblet and a heap of rings.
(d) One hundred pieces of gold.

4. What is the Grendel lake lined with?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Trees.
(c) Fierce dragons.
(d) Tall grasses.

5. What is Hrunting?
(a) A shield.
(b) Grendel's mother's hall.
(c) Beowulf's sword.
(d) Hrothgar's hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does it take to build Beowulf's burial mound?

2. What does Beowulf use to save Wiglaf from the dragon?

3. What instrument does the minstrel play while Beowulf and his men are in the hall?

4. How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?

5. What does Wiglaf have done with the dragon's body?

(see the answer key)

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