Beowulf Final Exam

The meaning of Beowulf's name

• bee hunter
• bee killer
• busy bee
• killer bee

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Competed in a swimming contest against Beowulf

• Breca
• Aeschere
• Unferth
• Wiglaf

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Helps Beowulf conquer the fire dragon

• Wiglaf
• Grendel
• Offa
• Froda

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Killed by Unferth

• Aeschere
• Hrothgar
• Beowulf
• Hrothmund

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Beowulf was not afraid to eat the apple, even though it was

• grown from a witch's teeth
• grown from Grendel's teeth
• grown from a dragon's teeth
• only grown the land of the Geats

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Beowulf left his sword on a hill before he reached Heorot because

• he knew a human weapon would not work against an immortal monster

• he didn't know how to use a sword

• he didn't think he could kill Grendel

• he planned to take over the kingdom

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What are Beowulf's flaws?

• he's not a good swimmer
• he's not good at using a sword
• he has weak wrists
• he has poor eye sight and short legs

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Why does the fire dragon awaken? 

• a slave steals a goblet
• he hears people coming
• Beowulf steals a sword
• a slave steals armor

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After getting his arm pulled off and fleeing Heorot, Grendel...

• dies on the floor of the mead-hall

• returns to the fen

• tries to kill Hrothgar

• drags Unferth with him

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Grendel's skin can best be described as what

• thick and sword-proof

• soft and malleable

• flimsy and transparent

• fleshy and bruised

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