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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grendel hate the sound of?
(a) The harp.
(b) Men's voices.
(c) A warrior's battle cry.
(d) Snoring.

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

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

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

5. How many men did Beowulf bring with him to Denmark?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 50.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. What towered "high to reach heaven" and "strong to withstand the buffet of war?"

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

3. After Beowulf tells the story of himself and Breca, what does he call Unferth?

4. How does Grendel enter the hall?

5. Who do the Danes honor the one man in Beowulf's party who was killed by Grendel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Unferth describe Beowulf when he tells the story of Beowulf's swimming race with Breca?

2. Why does Beowulf nail Grendel's arm to the wall of Heorot?

3. Why is Wiglaf the only one of Beowulf's men to come to Beowulf's aid as he battles the dragon?

4. Who is Aeschere?

5. When do Beowulf and his men learn of the attack of Grendel's mother on Heorot?

6. What spoils does Grendel's mother take with her from Heorot?

7. Where is Grendel's mother's lair located?

8. What is Wiglaf armed with?

9. After Hygelac's death, what does Beowulf do for fifty years?

10. What does Wiglaf do to punish the cowardly men who did not help Beowulf to fight the dragon?

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