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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 when the celebration after Grendel's defeat ends?
(a) Makes sure his men are fed.
(b) Seeks an audience with the queen.
(c) Leaves immediately for the lair of Grendel's mother.
(d) Sleeps.

2. What does Grendel do with the men he takes from Heorot?
(a) Feeds them to the sea serpents.
(b) Takes them home for meat.
(c) Uses them as slaves.
(d) Throws them off a cliff.

3. Who tells Beowulf that Grendel can only be defeated by bare hands?
(a) Grendel's mother.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Wealhtheow.
(d) Unferth.

4. What is Hrunting?
(a) A shield.
(b) Hrothgar's hall.
(c) Grendel's mother's hall.
(d) Beowulf's sword.

5. What color is the banner Hrothgar gives Beowulf?
(a) Red.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grendel's mother use to try to kill Beowulf?

2. Before battling Grendel's mother, what does Beowulf ask the King to do if he should die?

3. What is the Grendel lake lined with?

4. How does Grendel enter the hall?

5. Who promises to come with "a thousand spears and a thousand shields" if the other should be attacked?

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