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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Beowulf blows his horn, what rises up out of the Grendel lake?
(a) Grendel.
(b) Fish.
(c) Grendel's mother.
(d) Sea devils.

3. Who does Beowulf will his sword to in case of his death?
(a) His warriors.
(b) Wulfgar.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Unferth.

4. What are Hrothgar and his warriors doing when Grendel first enters Heorot?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Feasting.
(d) Sleeping.

5. What does Grendel's mother take off the wall in the hall?
(a) Tapestries.
(b) A sword.
(c) Grendel's arm.
(d) An axe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Beowulf say his spears are made of?

3. What does Beowulf command be made to fight the dragon?

4. How does Grendel enter the hall?

5. What does Beowulf do when he sees Grendel's body in the lair?

(see the answer key)

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