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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Beowulf say his spears are made of?
(a) Steel.
(b) Maple.
(c) Oak.
(d) Ashwood.

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

4. What is placed with Beowulf on his funeral pyre?
(a) The dead warriors.
(b) A shield and mailcoat.
(c) The dragon's body.
(d) His sword.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many serpents did Beowulf slay in his story of the swimming competition between he and Breca's?

2. What did Beowulf and his men cross on their way to Heorot?

3. What color is the banner Hrothgar gives Beowulf?

4. What does Beowulf say that even kings must bow to?

5. Who does Grendel's mother kill during the night?

(see the answer key)

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