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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epic: Beowulf.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hrothgar promise Beowulf for killing Grendel?
(a) A wife.
(b) Knighthood.
(c) Treasure.
(d) Kinghood.

2. What does the author in the introduction to the Heroic Poems section state is the "finest expression of the code" (the Germanic Heroic code)?
(a) "The Finnesburh Fragment."
(b) "The Battle of Maldon."
(c) "Beowulf."
(d) "Deor."

3. Who is jealous of Beowulf?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) Wiglaf.
(c) Hrunting.
(d) Unferth.

4. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?
(a) In a foreign castle.
(b) In a barn.
(c) In a well.
(d) In an earth-cave.

5. Who is the first century Roman historian that the author claims is the best source for "information about Germanic tribes"?
(a) Tacitus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Herodotus.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Hrothgar's kingdom?

2. Why does the author say that Alfred failed to put some laws into writing?

3. Who does Hrothgar know from Beowulf's family?

4. According to The Laws of Wihtred, who is free from taxation?

5. How many lines is "The Battle of Maldon" missing at the beginning?

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