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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epic: Beowulf.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beowulf tear off of Grendel?
(a) His tail.
(b) His arm.
(c) His hand.
(d) His leg.

2. What does Hrothgar promise Beowulf for killing Grendel?
(a) A wife.
(b) Knighthood.
(c) Treasure.
(d) Kinghood.

3. Who made the weapon with which Beowulf beheads Grendel's mother?
(a) Giants.
(b) Danes.
(c) Geats.
(d) Elves.

4. Where does the wanderer's "best source of comfort lie"?
(a) In hope for land.
(b) In his sails.
(c) In himself.
(d) In his lord.

5. During what century did the first Anglo-Saxon settlers migrate to England?
(a) 6th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 5th.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does Grendel murder just before his fight with Beowulf?

2. How was the history and legends of the Anglo-Saxons transmitted?

3. According to the introduction to the Heroic Poems section, what do heroic poems link our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to?

4. In "The Finnesburh Fragment," what does the first line say is "not burning"?

5. Wihtred was king over what people?

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