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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kills Beowulf?
(a) Poison from the dragon's bite.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Wiglaf.
(d) Grendel's mother.

2. Who do the Danes honor the one man in Beowulf's party who was killed by Grendel?
(a) They do not honor him.
(b) With a poem in his honor.
(c) By re-naming the hall after him.
(d) With a song by the minstrel.

3. What does Grendel want to do when he is first confronted by Beowulf?
(a) Convince Beowulf not to kill him.
(b) Flee to his lair.
(c) Kill Beowulf.
(d) Fight every man in the hall.

4. What kind of boat to Beowulf and his men sail away from Denmark in?
(a) A swan boat.
(b) A tern boat.
(c) A pirate ship.
(d) A canoe with many oars.

5. After Beowulf's sword fails to kill Grendel's mother, what does he use to try to fight her?
(a) A rope.
(b) His bare hands.
(c) An axe.
(d) Rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many warriors ride around the mound praising Beowulf?

2. For how many years had Grendel plagued Hrothgar?

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

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

5. What does Grendel's mother take off the wall in the hall?

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