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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Wulfgar?
(a) Beowulf's kinsman.
(b) Grendel's son.
(c) The King's herald.
(d) Hrothgar's son.

3. Who stays awake waiting for Grendel while the other warriors sleep in the hall?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Grendel's mother.

4. As Beowulf and his men march to Heorot, what glares from their helmets?
(a) A boar's head.
(b) A stag's head.
(c) A wolf's head.
(d) A lion's head.

5. What does the Queen give Beowulf and his men to drink?
(a) Water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Milk.
(d) Mead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Beowulf's guide tell him will meet them at Heorot?

2. What attacked Beowulf while he was in the ocean with Breca?

3. What are Hrothgar and his warriors doing when Grendel first enters Heorot?

4. What decorates the goblets the Queen uses to serve Beowulf and his men?

5. Who does Unferth claim Beowulf lost a swimming match to?

(see the answer key)

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