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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Grendel's defeat, what do the Danes decorate the hall with?
(a) Pictures of Beowulf.
(b) Golden embroidery.
(c) Dragon scales.
(d) Tapestries depicting the battle.

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

3. According to Beowulf, in the story of his swimming competition with Breca, who cried out for help?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) A sailor.
(c) Breca.
(d) The whales.

4. Who is Wulfgar?
(a) The King's herald.
(b) Hrothgar's son.
(c) Grendel's son.
(d) Beowulf's kinsman.

5. Who do the Danes honor the one man in Beowulf's party who was killed by Grendel?
(a) With a poem in his honor.
(b) They do not honor him.
(c) By re-naming the hall after him.
(d) With a song by the minstrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men did Beowulf bring with him to Denmark?

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

3. What does the Queen give Beowulf and his men to drink?

4. What are Grendel's arms described as being like?

5. What does Beowulf do when the celebration after Grendel's defeat ends?

(see the answer key)

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