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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beowulf do when the celebration after Grendel's defeat ends?
(a) Seeks an audience with the queen.
(b) Leaves immediately for the lair of Grendel's mother.
(c) Makes sure his men are fed.
(d) Sleeps.

2. What instruments are playing as the Queen enters the hall?
(a) Trumpets.
(b) Harps.
(c) Drums.
(d) Flutes.

3. What towered "high to reach heaven" and "strong to withstand the buffet of war?"
(a) Heorot.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) Grendel.

4. What does Grendel do with the men he takes from Heorot?
(a) Uses them as slaves.
(b) Takes them home for meat.
(c) Throws them off a cliff.
(d) Feeds them to the sea serpents.

5. During their swimming competition, what separated Beowulf and Breca?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The whales.
(c) A ship.
(d) A north-easter storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the banner Hrothgar gives Beowulf?

2. What does Wiglaf have done with the dragon's body?

3. Who does Grendel's mother kill during the night?

4. Who creeps into the dragon's lair and discovers his treasure?

5. What does Grendel's mother use to try to kill Beowulf?

(see the answer key)

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