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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Grendel's blood turns the lake red, what do Hrothgar and his men assume?
(a) Beowulf has defeated the monster.
(b) All of the serpents have died.
(c) The lake has grown fiery hot.
(d) Beowulf is dead.

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

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

4. What does Grendel's mother take off the wall in the hall?
(a) An axe.
(b) Tapestries.
(c) A sword.
(d) Grendel's arm.

5. As Beowulf prepares to leave Denmark, what does Hrothgar do "as if his heart would break?"
(a) Watches the ships sail away.
(b) Sings.
(c) Helps Beowulf load his possessions.
(d) Weeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beowulf see a "tremendous sword" in the lair of Grendel's mother?

2. How far is Grendel's mother's lair from the windy cliffs?

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 2, who is brooding with grief and greedy for revenge?

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

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