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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instruments are playing as the Queen enters the hall?
(a) Drums.
(b) Flutes.
(c) Harps.
(d) Trumpets.

2. What is placed with Beowulf on his funeral pyre?
(a) The dead warriors.
(b) His sword.
(c) The dragon's body.
(d) A shield and mailcoat.

3. What does Beowulf say his spears are made of?
(a) Oak.
(b) Ashwood.
(c) Maple.
(d) Steel.

4. What does the Queen give Beowulf and his men to drink?
(a) Mead.
(b) Water.
(c) Milk.
(d) Wine.

5. How far is Grendel's mother's lair from the windy cliffs?
(a) A week's journey.
(b) Fifty yards.
(c) A mile.
(d) Three miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beowulf tell his warriors to do at the headland as he prepares for battle with the dragon?

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

3. What does Wiglaf have done with the dragon's body?

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

5. How long is the dragon's body?

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