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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stays at the lake after the Danes leave?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) Beowulf's comrades.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Grendel.

2. Who forged the tremendous sword that is in Grendel's mother's lair?
(a) Grendel's mother.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Giants of olden time.
(d) Magicians.

3. What happens to the blade of the tremendous sword found in the lair?
(a) It shatters.
(b) It melts.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It cracks.

4. How does Hrothgar describe the Grendel lake?
(a) Weird and evil.
(b) Falsely beautiful.
(c) Chilling.
(d) Ominous and dark.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Beowulf when Grendel's mother arrives at Heorot?

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

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

4. Who is to receive Beowulf's treasure if he dies?

5. Who leads Beowulf to the Grendel lake?

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