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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 do with his "grisly trophy" of Grendel's defeat?
(a) Throws it in the fire.
(b) Cooks and eats it.
(c) Throws it to the dogs.
(d) Nails it to the wall.

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

3. Who promises to come with "a thousand spears and a thousand shields" if the other should be attacked?
(a) Beowulf makes this promise to Hrothgar.
(b) Beowulf makes this promise to Wiglaf.
(c) Hrothgar makes this promise to Beowulf.
(d) Wiglaf makes this promise to Beowulf.

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

5. Who does Grendel's mother kill during the night?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Grendel.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Aeschere.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What promise does Hrothgar make to Beowulf after Grendel's mother is defeated?

3. What attacked Beowulf while he was in the ocean with Breca?

4. What decorates the goblets the Queen uses to serve Beowulf and his men?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, who is brooding with grief and greedy for revenge?

(see the answer key)

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