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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What towered "high to reach heaven" and "strong to withstand the buffet of war?"
(a) Grendel.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Heorot.
(d) The Catholic Church.

2. What kind of man is Unferth described as being?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Cowardly.
(c) Loving.
(d) Cheerful.

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

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

5. When does Hrothgar say he previously knew Beowulf?
(a) When Beowulf was an apprentice.
(b) When Beowulf was a soldier in his army.
(c) Never.
(d) When Beowulf was a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grendel do with the men he takes from Heorot?

2. How tall is Grendel?

3. When Grendel's blood turns the lake red, what do Hrothgar and his men assume?

4. How many men did Beowulf bring with him to Denmark?

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

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