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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) Dragon scales.
(b) Pictures of Beowulf.
(c) Tapestries depicting the battle.
(d) Golden embroidery.

2. Who did Hrothgar give golden rings and bracelets to?
(a) Grendel's mother.
(b) Grendel.
(c) His followers.
(d) His wife.

3. What attacked Beowulf while he was in the ocean with Breca?
(a) Sharks.
(b) A pirate.
(c) Breca.
(d) A serpent.

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

5. How does Grendel enter the hall?
(a) Through the roof.
(b) By ripping the door off.
(c) By quietly opening the door.
(d) By sneaking quietly through the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years had Grendel plagued Hrothgar?

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

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

4. Who meets Beowulf and his men when they reach Denmark?

5. What wound does Beowulf inflict on Grendel?

(see the answer key)

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