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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how many years had Grendel plagued Hrothgar?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 3 years.

3. How tall is Grendel?
(a) 7 feet tall.
(b) 12 feet tall.
(c) 20 feet tall.
(d) 9 feet tall.

4. Who does Beowulf's guide tell him will meet them at Heorot?
(a) Wulfgar.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Grendel.

5. Who is Hrothgar?
(a) The King of the Geats.
(b) The King of the Danes.
(c) The monster.
(d) Beowulf's brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Hrothgar's queen?

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

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

5. Who did Hrothgar give golden rings and bracelets to?

(see the answer key)

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