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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stays awake waiting for Grendel while the other warriors sleep in the hall?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Grendel's mother.
(d) Hrothgar.

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

3. How does Hrothgar describe the Grendel lake?
(a) Chilling.
(b) Ominous and dark.
(c) Falsely beautiful.
(d) Weird and evil.

4. What towered "high to reach heaven" and "strong to withstand the buffet of war?"
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Heorot.
(d) Beowulf.

5. When does Hrothgar say he previously knew Beowulf?
(a) When Beowulf was a soldier in his army.
(b) When Beowulf was a child.
(c) Never.
(d) When Beowulf was an apprentice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Beowulf that Grendel can only be defeated by bare hands?

2. What does Hrothgar vow to treat Beowulf like after Grendel's defeat?

3. Where is Beowulf when Grendel's mother arrives at Heorot?

4. Who did Hrothgar give golden rings and bracelets to?

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

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