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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Inside Grendel's mother's lair, what upholds the weight of the water?
(a) Magic.
(b) Stout rafters.
(c) Huge serpents.
(d) Stone walls.

2. Who is Wiglaf?
(a) The dragon's child.
(b) Beowulf's son.
(c) The dragon.
(d) A close kinsman of Beowulf.

3. During their swimming competition, what separated Beowulf and Breca?
(a) A ship.
(b) A north-easter storm.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The whales.

4. What does Beowulf do when he sees Grendel's body in the lair?
(a) Weeps.
(b) Burns the body.
(c) Leaves the body untouched.
(d) Cuts off Grendel's head.

5. Who leads Beowulf to the Grendel lake?
(a) A warrior who isn't named.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Aeschere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does the minstrel play while Beowulf and his men are in the hall?

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

3. What decorates the goblets the Queen uses to serve Beowulf and his men?

4. Who does Beowulf will his sword to in case of his death?

5. What does Hrothgar give Beowulf that is so tough no steel can cleave it?

(see the answer key)

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