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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Beowulf and his men reach Heorot, what are they heavy with?
(a) Gifts for the King.
(b) Too much food.
(c) Weariness.
(d) Gold.

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

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

4. What happens to the blade of the tremendous sword found in the lair?
(a) It shatters.
(b) It melts.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It cracks.

5. Who did Hrothgar give golden rings and bracelets to?
(a) His followers.
(b) Grendel's mother.
(c) Grendel.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Grendel's arms described as being like?

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

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

4. How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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