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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Inside Grendel's mother's lair, what upholds the weight of the water?
(a) Stone walls.
(b) Magic.
(c) Stout rafters.
(d) Huge serpents.

2. Who does Beowulf will his sword to in case of his death?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) Wulfgar.
(c) Unferth.
(d) His warriors.

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

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

5. Who promises to come with "a thousand spears and a thousand shields" if the other should be attacked?
(a) Hrothgar makes this promise to Beowulf.
(b) Wiglaf makes this promise to Beowulf.
(c) Beowulf makes this promise to Hrothgar.
(d) Beowulf makes this promise to Wiglaf.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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) Grendel's mother's head and her sword.
(d) A knife and a goblet.

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

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

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

15. How does Hrothgar kill the first monster at the Grendel lake?
(a) With a rock.
(b) With his sword.
(c) With an arrow.
(d) With his bare hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Beowulf blows his horn, what rises up out of the Grendel lake?

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

3. What kind of boat to Beowulf and his men sail away from Denmark in?

4. When Grendel's blood turns the lake red, what do Hrothgar and his men assume?

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

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