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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wiglaf have done with the dragon's body?
(a) He has it tossed into the sea.
(b) He has it stuffed for the great hall.
(c) He has it burned.
(d) He has it cut to pieces.

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

3. What does Wiglaf do when he sees Beowulf faltering in his fight with the dragon?
(a) Cries.
(b) Rushes to the dragon's aid.
(c) Rushes to Beowulf's aid.
(d) Runs away.

4. What does the wound Beowulf receives from the dragon do?
(a) Swelter and sell.
(b) Grow cold.
(c) Cause his arm to wither.
(d) Heal miraculously.

5. Who is Hrothgar?
(a) The King of the Danes.
(b) The monster.
(c) Beowulf's brother.
(d) The King of the Geats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who forged the tremendous sword that is in Grendel's mother's lair?

2. Where does Beowulf say his funeral fire is to be?

3. For how many years had Grendel plagued Hrothgar?

4. Who stays awake waiting for Grendel while the other warriors sleep in the hall?

5. What is the Grendel lake lined with?

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