This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which king decides to build a great meadhall? A) Shield Sheafson. B) Beow. C) Heorot. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar. 2. Anglo-Saxon culture developed around what? A) Clans. B) Matriarchy. C) Religion. D) Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clans. 3. Before the battle with Grendel, which character doubts Beowulf's ability to fight the monster? A) King Hrothgar. B) Unferth. C) Wiglaf. D) Hrunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unferth. 4. A type of flexible bodily amour usually made of linked metal loops A) Infamous. B) Scabbard. C) Mail shirt. D) Mead. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mail shirt. 5. If you ....., you express great satisfaction at the misfortune of others. A) Languish. B) Scourge. C) Retaliate. D) Gloat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gloat. 6. What is the role of the Geats in Beowulf? A) The Geats are the tribe of Beowulf and play a significant role in the story. B) The Geats are minor characters with no significant role. C) The Geats are the main antagonists in the story. D) The Geats are mythical creatures with supernatural powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Geats are the tribe of Beowulf and play a significant role in the story. 7. What is the name of the monster Beowulf fights? A) Grendel. B) Troll. C) Dragon. D) Goblin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel. 8. The dragon's teeth are A) Retractable. B) Beautiful. C) Venomous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venomous. 9. What is the definition of malignant? A) The act of making amends after a mistake, usually by paying money. B) A person or thing detested or loathed. C) A seller of a specific commodity. D) Evil in nature, influence, or effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evil in nature, influence, or effect. 10. Making twisting or turning motions A) Writhing. B) Scabbard. C) Credible. D) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writhing. 11. King Hrothgar is from this country. A) Sweden. B) Universal Theme. C) Theme. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denmark. 12. Which word means to twist about in pain A) Writhe. B) Purge. C) Cower. D) Infamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writhe. 13. Work written in the middle of the 8th century. A) El Cid. B) Good love book. C) Roland. D) Beowulf. E) King Alfonso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf. 14. What is another name for the Hero's Journey? A) Crisis. B) Monomyth. C) Legacy. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monomyth. 15. Which biblical person is Grendel connect to? A) Cain. B) Mary. C) God. D) Abel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cain. 16. Which alphabet is Beowulf written on the only surviving manuscript? A) Runic. B) Latin. C) Arabic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latin. 17. On page 21, the word 'traversed' is ..... A) A preposition. B) A verb. C) An adverb. D) A noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A verb. 18. What is the meaning of bade? A) Determined to win. B) To battle an enemy. C) Large; difficult to manage. D) Express or utter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Express or utter. 19. What is the definition of foundling? A) Person or thing that causes great suffering. B) A narrative poem. C) An abandoned infant who is discovered and cared for by others. D) A conference, negotiation, verb-to hold a summit for negotiations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An abandoned infant who is discovered and cared for by others. 20. Choose the best word to create alliteration in this sentence:Sam said ..... sounds so scary. A) Screaming. B) Yelling. C) Arguing. D) Crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Screaming. 21. A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. A) Dichotomy. B) Fen. C) Lineage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dichotomy. 22. What is the structure of Beowulf? A) Play. B) Epic poem. C) Novel. D) Short story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic poem. 23. Are the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table considered to myths or legends? A) Myths. B) Legends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legends. 24. Who does Grendel's Mother kidnap? A) Hrothgar's best friend. B) Wiglaf. C) Hrothgar. D) Beowulf's best friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar's best friend. 25. The terror of Grendel is exacerbated by the fact that: A) He is invisible to the warriors. B) He can regenerate wounds. C) He can't be harmed by ordinary weapons. D) He uses magic to put the warriors to sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He can't be harmed by ordinary weapons. 26. Which of the following are the themes of "Beowulf" ? A) Royalty Heroism. B) Good vs. Evil Vengeance. C) Good vs. Evil &Loyalty. D) Loyalty&Vengeance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good vs. Evil &Loyalty. 27. What type of poetry recounts the achievements of warriors and their success in battle. A) Heroic Poetry. B) Freeverse Poetry. C) Warrior Poetry. D) Elegiac Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heroic Poetry. 28. "Lady" "Mistress" wife of Odin A) Giant. B) Svadilfare. C) Norns. D) Frigga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frigga. 29. To explain in detail A) Succinct. B) Expound. C) Reparation. D) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expound. 30. What advantage does Beowulf have in his fight with Grendel? A) His sword. B) His age. C) His superior strength. D) The power of his army. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His superior strength. 31. Internal conflict A) Occurs in the character's mind. B) May be caused by external conflict. C) Includes opposing needs, desires, or emotions. D) ALL of the other answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL of the other answers are correct. 32. Professionals like lawyers or consultants are paid a ....., which is a fee. A) Retainer. B) Plight. C) Taper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retainer. 33. According to the Hero's Journey model, "The treasure you seek lies ..... " A) Int he ordinary world. B) In the cave you fear to enter. C) In the special world. D) At the departure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the cave you fear to enter. 34. What happens to Beowulf at the end of chapter 13? A) He becomes king of the Danes. B) He becomes king of the world. C) He becomes king of the Geats. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He becomes king of the Geats. 35. What does "AFFLICTION" mean? A) Tense or tightly flexed. B) Something that causes suffering or pain. C) To eliminate or wash away. D) Having a bad reputation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that causes suffering or pain. 36. Which of the following options is NOT a synonym for livid? A) Enraged. B) Pity. C) Outraged. D) Furious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pity. 37. The name of the kind who succeeded (followed) Beowulf. A) Unferth. B) Hrothgar. C) Hrunting. D) Wiglaf. E) Higlac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wiglaf. 38. Though it is an Anglo-Saxon poem, the subject matter of Beowulf is: A) Germanic and French. B) Scandinavian and Germanic. C) Danish and Spanish. D) Swedish and French. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scandinavian and Germanic. 39. Reparation is ..... A) A friendly game of poker. B) An act of a toddler to his mother when he is crying. C) The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. D) A court action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. 40. What can not harm Grendel? A) Words. B) Weapons. C) Bare hands. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weapons. 41. Higlac (109) is Beowulf's relative and ..... A) King of the Geats. B) King of the Romans. C) King of the Anglo Saxons. D) King of the Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King of the Geats. 42. The watchman spots Beowulf and his crew and at first A) Worried about why they are there with weapons. B) Excited to see them. C) Not concerned at all. D) Runs to tell the others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worried about why they are there with weapons. 43. Beowulf did not ..... over his victory. He was very humble. A) Mortal. B) Gloat. C) Hoard. D) Maul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gloat. 44. How did the mead hall Heorot become a symbol of power and wealth? A) It was a small and humble building, reflecting the king's modesty and simplicity. B) It was a place where the king held extravagant parties and wasted his wealth. C) It was a gift from a neighboring kingdom, symbolizing their dominance and control over the king. D) It was a grand and luxurious gathering place for the king and his warriors, showcasing the king's wealth and ability to provide for his people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was a grand and luxurious gathering place for the king and his warriors, showcasing the king's wealth and ability to provide for his people. 45. (v) suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently A) Avenge. B) Heaving. C) Uttered. D) Endured. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endured. 46. Sheath for sword or dagger A) Loathsome. B) Syntax. C) Purport. D) Scabbard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scabbard. 47. Which are some aspects that we find in similarities between Beowulf and Kratos? A) Protect others, risking life, strenght, and responsability. B) Respect, protect others, riches, and loyalty. C) Revenge, loyalty, strenght, and anger. D) Risking life, fortune, anger, and abnegation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protect others, risking life, strenght, and responsability. 48. "Sung/Of the ancient beginnings of us all, recalling/The Almighty making the earth" is an allusion to what? A) The Rainforest Cafe. B) The Book of Genesis from The Bible. C) The Big Bang Theory. D) Nature's Fury. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Book of Genesis from The Bible. 49. To drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance. A) Banish. B) Skulk. C) Bewilder. D) Wail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Banish. 50. To ..... is to gradually grow smaller or more narrow or less intense. A) Taper. B) Herald. C) Plight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taper. 51. Which is an epic hero trait? A) A common man. B) Weak, but develops strength. C) Humility. D) Confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humility. 52. An attack on all sides A) Malignant. B) Lofty. C) Fen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malignant. 53. What is the historical significance of Beowulf? A) Beowulf is significant for its insights into Anglo-Saxon culture and literature. B) Beowulf is a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. C) Beowulf is a fictional character created by J.R.R. Tolkien. D) Beowulf is a historical figure who ruled over a vast empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf is significant for its insights into Anglo-Saxon culture and literature. 54. "But fate let me find its heat with my sword ..... " is an example of A) Kinship. B) Paganism. C) Christianity. D) Scop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paganism. 55. Why is it that swords do not hurt Grendel? A) He wears armor. B) He is protected by dark magic. C) He is too fast. D) He has thick skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is protected by dark magic. 56. What is oral transmission? A) A sophisticated conversation about a literary work. B) The recitation of poetic works in oral culture. C) A type of exam on a set text. D) The recitation of a text for the benefit of a scribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The recitation of poetic works in oral culture. 57. How long did the dragon guard the cave? (The Dragon Attacks) A) 100. B) 301. C) 50. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 58. How many written transcripts (copies)are left of Beowulf? A) 10. B) 1. C) 1000. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 59. Which of the following best describes Grendel? A) Violent. B) Compassionate. C) Beautiful. D) Heroic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Violent. 60. He couldn't help but ..... himself for not studying harder when he saw his disappointing test results. A) Reproach. B) Infamous. C) Herald. D) Exalt. 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