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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Beowulf when Grendel's mother arrives at Heorot?
(a) In the stable with his new horses.
(b) With the King.
(c) Sleeping in his room.
(d) Sitting by the fire.

2. When Beowulf enters Heorot, what two things does he present to Hrothgar?
(a) Grendel's mother's head and her sword.
(b) Jewels and gold.
(c) Grendel's head and the remains of the giant sword.
(d) A knife and a goblet.

3. What does Grendel's mother take off the wall in the hall?
(a) A sword.
(b) Grendel's arm.
(c) An axe.
(d) Tapestries.

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

5. As Beowulf prepares to leave Denmark, what does Hrothgar do "as if his heart would break?"
(a) Helps Beowulf load his possessions.
(b) Weeps.
(c) Watches the ships sail away.
(d) Sings.

6. Where does Beowulf see a "tremendous sword" in the lair of Grendel's mother?
(a) On a table.
(b) At her side.
(c) On the wall.
(d) In the armory.

7. What saves Beowulf's life from Grendel's mother's near-fatal attack?
(a) Hrunting.
(b) His mailcoat.
(c) A shield.
(d) His warriors.

8. Who stays at the lake after the Danes leave?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Beowulf's comrades.

9. When Grendel's blood turns the lake red, what do Hrothgar and his men assume?
(a) All of the serpents have died.
(b) Beowulf is dead.
(c) Beowulf has defeated the monster.
(d) The lake has grown fiery hot.

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

11. When Beowulf blows his horn, what rises up out of the Grendel lake?
(a) Sea devils.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Grendel's mother.
(d) Fish.

12. What is Hrunting?
(a) Grendel's mother's hall.
(b) Hrothgar's hall.
(c) Beowulf's sword.
(d) A shield.

13. What does Grendel's mother use to try to kill Beowulf?
(a) An axe.
(b) Her hands.
(c) A knife.
(d) Beowulf's sword.

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

15. What happens to the blade of the tremendous sword found in the lair?
(a) It shatters.
(b) It cracks.
(c) It melts.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise does Hrothgar make to Beowulf after Grendel's mother is defeated?

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

3. How does Hrothgar kill the first monster at the Grendel lake?

4. After Beowulf's sword fails to kill Grendel's mother, what does he use to try to fight her?

5. Who leads Beowulf to the Grendel lake?

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