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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. How does Grendel enter the hall?
(a) By sneaking quietly through the window.
(b) Through the roof.
(c) By quietly opening the door.
(d) By ripping the door off.

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

3. What are Grendel's arms described as being like?
(a) A hairy gorilla's.
(b) Bands of steel.
(c) Tree trunks.
(d) A mighty king's.

4. After Grendel's defeat, what do the Danes decorate the hall with?
(a) Golden embroidery.
(b) Dragon scales.
(c) Tapestries depicting the battle.
(d) Pictures of Beowulf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beowulf do with his "grisly trophy" of Grendel's defeat?

2. What decorates the goblets the Queen uses to serve Beowulf and his men?

3. What did Beowulf and his men cross on their way to Heorot?

4. Who meets Beowulf and his men when they reach Denmark?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of wound does the dragon give Beowulf?

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

3. What does Grendel look like?

4. Where does the watchman see the "glint of death" in Beowulf's party?

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

6. What item lights Beowulf's way as he dives through the Grendel lake?

7. How does Beowulf kill the dragon?

8. What do the people in the story call the Baltic Sea?

9. Why is Beowulf scarcely able to breathe as he fights the dragon?

10. Why does Grendel attack Heorot?

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