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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many serpents did Beowulf slay in his story of the swimming competition between he and Breca's?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

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

3. 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) With a song by the minstrel.
(d) By re-naming the hall after him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beowulf call Unferth's claims against him?

2. Where does Beowulf say he and his men are from?

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

4. What color is the banner Hrothgar gives Beowulf?

5. According to Beowulf, what did he and Breca giddily plunge into the water to do?

(see the answer key)

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