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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Grendel do with the men he takes from Heorot?
(a) Uses them as slaves.
(b) Feeds them to the sea serpents.
(c) Throws them off a cliff.
(d) Takes them home for meat.

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

5. How does Hrothgar kill the first monster at the Grendel lake?
(a) With his sword.
(b) With his bare hands.
(c) With a rock.
(d) With an arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hrothgar give Beowulf that is so tough no steel can cleave it?

2. What are Hrothgar and his warriors doing when Grendel first enters Heorot?

3. When Beowulf enters Heorot, what two things does he present to Hrothgar?

4. What happens to the blade of the tremendous sword found in the lair?

5. How does Grendel enter the hall?

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