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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hrothgar describe the Grendel lake?
(a) Falsely beautiful.
(b) Chilling.
(c) Ominous and dark.
(d) Weird and evil.

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

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

4. Who stays at the lake after the Danes leave?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Beowulf's comrades.
(d) Hrothgar.

5. As Beowulf prepares to leave Denmark, what does Hrothgar do "as if his heart would break?"
(a) Sings.
(b) Helps Beowulf load his possessions.
(c) Watches the ships sail away.
(d) Weeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What towered "high to reach heaven" and "strong to withstand the buffet of war?"

2. Who is Wulfgar?

3. For how many years had Grendel plagued Hrothgar?

4. What wound does Beowulf inflict on Grendel?

5. How does Grendel enter the hall?

(see the answer key)

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