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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is to receive Beowulf's treasure if he dies?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) Wulfgar.
(c) Hygelac.
(d) Unferth.

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

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

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

5. What does Beowulf do when he sees Grendel's body in the lair?
(a) Leaves the body untouched.
(b) Weeps.
(c) Burns the body.
(d) Cuts off Grendel's head.

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

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

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

9. How far is Grendel's mother's lair from the windy cliffs?
(a) Three miles.
(b) A week's journey.
(c) Fifty yards.
(d) A mile.

10. What promise does Hrothgar make to Beowulf after Grendel's mother is defeated?
(a) He promises to leave the throne to Beowulf.
(b) He promises him a great treasure.
(c) He promises friendship and trade with Beowulf's people.
(d) He promises his daughter to Beowulf as his wife.

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

12. When Beowulf reaches the bank of the lake, what does he do?
(a) Falls to the ground in exhaustion.
(b) Kisses the ground.
(c) Places Grendel's mother's head on a spear.
(d) Places Grendel's head on a spear.

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

14. How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?
(a) He throws her to the sea serpents.
(b) He strangles her.
(c) He stabs her through the heart.
(d) He cuts off her head.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the blade of the tremendous sword found in the lair?

2. Who does Grendel's mother kill during the night?

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

4. Where does Beowulf see a "tremendous sword" in the lair of Grendel's mother?

5. Who promises to come with "a thousand spears and a thousand shields" if the other should be attacked?

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