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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beowulf call Unferth's claims against him?
(a) A fool's tongue wagging.
(b) A drunkard's tale.
(c) Utter lies.
(d) Hogwash.

2. What instrument does the minstrel play while Beowulf and his men are in the hall?
(a) The harp.
(b) The piano.
(c) The flute.
(d) The violin.

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

4. How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?
(a) He strangles her.
(b) He stabs her through the heart.
(c) He throws her to the sea serpents.
(d) He cuts off her head.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, who is brooding with grief and greedy for revenge?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Grendel's mother.
(d) Unferth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hrunting?

2. What is the Grendel lake lined with?

3. Who forged the tremendous sword that is in Grendel's mother's lair?

4. Who do the Danes honor the one man in Beowulf's party who was killed by Grendel?

5. As Beowulf prepares to leave Denmark, what does Hrothgar do "as if his heart would break?"

(see the answer key)

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