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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Hrothgar's queen?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Wealhtheow.
(c) Greta.
(d) Grendel.

2. What instruments are playing as the Queen enters the hall?
(a) Harps.
(b) Trumpets.
(c) Drums.
(d) Flutes.

3. What are Grendel's arms described as being like?
(a) Tree trunks.
(b) A hairy gorilla's.
(c) Bands of steel.
(d) A mighty king's.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Beowulf and his men reach Heorot, what are they heavy with?

3. According to Beowulf, in the story of his swimming competition with Breca, who cried out for help?

4. What towered "high to reach heaven" and "strong to withstand the buffet of war?"

5. What does Beowulf say his spears are made of?

(see the answer key)

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