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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 are Hrothgar and his warriors doing when Grendel first enters Heorot?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Arguing.
(d) Feasting.

2. According to Beowulf, who was the first ashore in the swimming match with Breca?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) It was a tie.
(c) A whale.
(d) Breca.

3. What does Hrothgar give Beowulf that is so tough no steel can cleave it?
(a) A suit of armor.
(b) A plated helmet.
(c) Shin guards.
(d) A shield.

4. Who is Wulfgar?
(a) Hrothgar's son.
(b) The King's herald.
(c) Beowulf's kinsman.
(d) Grendel's son.

5. What kind of man is Unferth described as being?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Cowardly.
(d) Loving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men did Beowulf bring with him to Denmark?

2. How many horses does Hrothgar give Beowulf and his men?

3. During their swimming competition, what separated Beowulf and Breca?

4. What does Beowulf call Unferth's claims against him?

5. How tall is Grendel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Grendel retreat to his lair after battling with Beowulf?

4. How does Beowulf plan to show Unferth what courage is?

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

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

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

8. What does Grendel look like?

9. What do Beowulf's people do with the dragon's treasure and why?

10. What does the train on the Queen's dress look like?

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