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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall is Grendel?
(a) 9 feet tall.
(b) 20 feet tall.
(c) 7 feet tall.
(d) 12 feet tall.

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

3. Who does Beowulf's guide tell him will meet them at Heorot?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Wulfgar.

4. How many horses does Hrothgar give Beowulf and his men?
(a) 3.
(b) 19.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

5. For how many years had Grendel plagued Hrothgar?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 9 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grendel's mother take off the wall in the hall?

2. What happened to the rest of Beowulf's family, save for one?

3. Who forged the tremendous sword that is in Grendel's mother's lair?

4. What does Beowulf command be made to fight the dragon?

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

(see the answer key)

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