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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Grendel do with the men he takes from Heorot?
(a) Takes them home for meat.
(b) Throws them off a cliff.
(c) Feeds them to the sea serpents.
(d) Uses them as slaves.

3. Who meets Beowulf and his men when they reach Denmark?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Unferth.
(d) The watchman.

4. What does Hrothgar vow to treat Beowulf like after Grendel's defeat?
(a) A king.
(b) His brother.
(c) His son.
(d) A general.

5. Who is Wulfgar?
(a) Hrothgar's son.
(b) Grendel's son.
(c) Beowulf's kinsman.
(d) The King's herald.

6. How many horses does Hrothgar give Beowulf and his men?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 19.
(d) 15.

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

8. For how many years had Grendel plagued Hrothgar?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 9 years.

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

10. What did Beowulf and his men cross on their way to Heorot?
(a) The Jordan River.
(b) The Red Sea.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) The Baltic Sea.

11. What instrument does the minstrel play while Beowulf and his men are in the hall?
(a) The piano.
(b) The harp.
(c) The violin.
(d) The flute.

12. As Beowulf and his men march to Heorot, what glares from their helmets?
(a) A stag's head.
(b) A boar's head.
(c) A lion's head.
(d) A wolf's head.

13. What does Beowulf do with his "grisly trophy" of Grendel's defeat?
(a) Nails it to the wall.
(b) Throws it in the fire.
(c) Throws it to the dogs.
(d) Cooks and eats it.

14. What does Beowulf call Unferth's claims against him?
(a) A drunkard's tale.
(b) A fool's tongue wagging.
(c) Hogwash.
(d) Utter lies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Hrothgar say he previously knew Beowulf?

2. What attacked Beowulf while he was in the ocean with Breca?

3. After Grendel's defeat, what do the Danes decorate the hall with?

4. How many men did Beowulf bring with him to Denmark?

5. How long does Unferth say Beowulf wallowed at sea?

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