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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many serpents did Beowulf slay in his story of the swimming competition between he and Breca's?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

3. Where is Beowulf when Grendel's mother arrives at Heorot?
(a) In the stable with his new horses.
(b) Sleeping in his room.
(c) Sitting by the fire.
(d) With the King.

4. What are Grendel's arms described as being like?
(a) A hairy gorilla's.
(b) A mighty king's.
(c) Bands of steel.
(d) Tree trunks.

5. Who leads Beowulf to the Grendel lake?
(a) Aeschere.
(b) A warrior who isn't named.
(c) Unferth.
(d) Hrothgar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Hrothgar's queen?

2. When Beowulf and his men reach Heorot, what are they heavy with?

3. What towered "high to reach heaven" and "strong to withstand the buffet of war?"

4. When Beowulf blows his horn, what rises up out of the Grendel lake?

5. How does Hrothgar kill the first monster at the Grendel lake?

(see the answer key)

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