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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many men did Beowulf bring with him to Denmark?
(a) 50.
(b) 5.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

3. Who did Hrothgar give golden rings and bracelets to?
(a) Grendel.
(b) His followers.
(c) Grendel's mother.
(d) His wife.

4. Who does Unferth claim Beowulf lost a swimming match to?
(a) Breca.
(b) Wulfgar.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Unferth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the banner Hrothgar gives Beowulf?

2. What instrument does the minstrel play while Beowulf and his men are in the hall?

3. Who tells Beowulf that Grendel can only be defeated by bare hands?

4. What does Grendel do with the men he takes from Heorot?

5. Who stays awake waiting for Grendel while the other warriors sleep in the hall?

(see the answer key)

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