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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does the minstrel play while Beowulf and his men are in the hall?
(a) The piano.
(b) The harp.
(c) The violin.
(d) The flute.

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

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 2, who is brooding with grief and greedy for revenge?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Grendel's mother.
(d) Beowulf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grendel want to do when he is first confronted by Beowulf?

2. What does the Queen give Beowulf and his men to drink?

3. How does Grendel enter the hall?

4. According to Beowulf, who was the first ashore in the swimming match with Breca?

5. Who is to receive Beowulf's treasure if he dies?

(see the answer key)

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