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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grendel's mother use to try to kill Beowulf?
(a) Beowulf's sword.
(b) Her hands.
(c) An axe.
(d) A knife.

2. Where does Beowulf see a "tremendous sword" in the lair of Grendel's mother?
(a) On the wall.
(b) On a table.
(c) In the armory.
(d) At her side.

3. Who does Grendel's mother kill during the night?
(a) Aeschere.
(b) Grendel.
(c) The Queen.
(d) Unferth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Beowulf will his sword to in case of his death?

2. How does Hrothgar describe the Grendel lake?

3. When Beowulf reaches the bank of the lake, what does he do?

4. Who leads Beowulf to the Grendel lake?

5. What saves Beowulf's life from Grendel's mother's near-fatal attack?

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