This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fertilize; inseminate A) Sinew. B) Lament. C) Conceive. D) Brood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceive. 2. What is an antonym of dauntless? A) Unknowledgeable. B) Tactless. C) Courageous. D) Fearful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fearful. 3. Bards/Scops used ALITERATION in their songs & poems in order to create ALL of the following EXCEPT: A) Sound effect. B) Rhythm. C) Mood. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 4. What is a caesura in poetry? A) A sudden change in tone or mood. B) A type of rhyme scheme. C) A recurring theme. D) A pause or break within a line of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A pause or break within a line of poetry. 5. The setting of Beowulf is in ..... A) Iceland and Norway. B) Denmark and Geatland. C) England and Denmark. D) The British Isles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denmark and Geatland. 6. As an old man, Beowulf A) Faces a dragon angered by a thief. B) Will be betrayed by his warriors. C) Has an heir named Wiglaf. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. Security guards sometimes must purge excessively rancorous fans from a stadium. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. A ..... is a sign of things to come. A) Duly. B) Plight. C) Herald. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herald. 9. Poetry of the Anglo-Saxon period was passed down through what means? A) Teachers. B) Oral Tradition. C) Scrolls. D) Books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral Tradition. 10. After her slaughter at Herot, Grendel's mother takes these two items back to her lair: A) Grendel's arm and the golden dragon horn. B) Grendel's head and Beowulf's sword, Hrunting. C) Grendel's arm and Hrothgar's closest friend. D) Grendel's head and the golden dragon horn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel's arm and Hrothgar's closest friend. 11. Anglo Saxons were what religion before coming to Britannia and while first in Britannia A) Pagan. B) Muslim. C) Buddhist. D) Christian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pagan. 12. Which term means use of light and dark shades? A) Perspective. B) Panel. C) Lighting/color. D) Composition. E) Palette. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lighting/color. 13. Because of Kurt's ..... personality, most people try to avoid him at work. A) Abrasive. B) Concur. C) Extolled. D) Lavish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abrasive. 14. Who was the King of the Danes? A) Beowulf's Uncle. B) Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) Wulfgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hrothgar. 15. All of Beowulf's men run away in fear except for ..... A) Unferth. B) Wiglaf. C) Hrothgar. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wiglaf. 16. What was the name of the people who lived in the North of England? A) Vikings. B) Wessexarians. C) Danelaw. D) Normans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Danelaw. 17. Why does Welthow praise Beowulf? A) She does not praise him, she is jealous of him. B) She was angry with Hrothgar for not keeping her safe. C) She believes that Beowulf will stay in Denmark. D) She wants him to protect her sons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She wants him to protect her sons. 18. Who converted King Ethelbert to Christianity in 597? A) Saint Patrick. B) Gregory. C) Constantine. D) Augustine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Augustine. 19. What does it mean when the author say's "he was hungry for more than just rats?" A) Grendel was looking for a stable food source. B) Grendel was hunting game. C) Grendel was looking for humans to eat. D) Grendel was tired of eating rats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel was looking for humans to eat. 20. Who is the main protagonist in Beowulf? A) Hrothgar. B) Wiglaf. C) Beowulf. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf. 21. An Anglo-Saxon King/leader would A) Expect riches for himself. B) Make his followers castles. C) Pay his followers little. D) Be generous to his followers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be generous to his followers. 22. True or false:emotive language is language that creates an emotion in the reader. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Beowulf says, "'It is better to avenge a friend than to weep over him" . What does the word avenge mean? A) To seek justice or revenge for someone else. B) To battle bravely. C) To fight for what you believe in. D) This is a term for ancient sword fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To seek justice or revenge for someone else. 24. On p. 14, the word 'torrents' means ..... A) Strong, fast-moving currents of water. B) Gentle swirls of water. C) Waves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strong, fast-moving currents of water. 25. A journey to a historical or religous site A) Pilgrimage. B) Taut. C) Loathsome. D) Affliction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pilgrimage. 26. The stench of the garbage was so ..... that I made my brother put it in the dumpster. A) Loathsome. B) Dauntless. C) Writhing. D) Solace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loathsome. 27. Fatalism is ..... A) Belief that everything is a result of free will. B) Belief that everything is predetermined. C) Belief that everything is bad. D) Belief that everything is good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belief that everything is predetermined. 28. Wiglaf was Beowulf's most trusted companion. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 29. What is the tone of the prologue in Beowulf? A) Humorous and lighthearted. B) Angry and vengeful. C) Solemn and mournful. D) Joyful and celebratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solemn and mournful. 30. To whom Beowulf requested to be burned in a funeral pyre? A) Hygelac's eldest son. B) Warrior Wiglaf. C) His wife. D) King Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warrior Wiglaf. 31. Beowulf could be considered a(n) A) Epic hero. B) Byronic hero. C) Anti-hero. D) Classic hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic hero. 32. How does Grendel's attack affect the people in the area? A) Grendel's attack negatively affects the people in the area. B) Grendel's attack has no effect on the people in the area. C) Grendel's attack positively affects the people in the area. D) Grendel's attack only affects a few people in the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel's attack negatively affects the people in the area. 33. Which theme fits best?-Beowulf hangs Grendel's arm from the rafters of Herot A) Revenge. B) Reputation. C) Loyalty. D) Envy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reputation. 34. A reference to people or places in the bible is ..... A) Biblical allusion. B) Biblical moral. C) Biblical imagery. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biblical allusion. 35. What is reported speech? A) These are the exact words spoken by a person written down. B) This is when a writer reports what someone has said without using their exact words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is when a writer reports what someone has said without using their exact words. 36. Beowulf serves as king of Geatland for ..... years. A) 12. B) 25. C) 50. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50. 37. Literature began as spoken verse. This was called ..... A) Oral tradition. B) Poetry. C) Drama. D) Story telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oral tradition. 38. The Anglo-Saxon period is generally considered to date from ..... A) 55 BC to 409 AD. B) 1 AD to 449 AD. C) 449 AD to 1066 AD. D) 1066 AD to 1789 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 449 AD to 1066 AD. 39. Who decided to hide Arthur with Ector? A) Merlin. B) King Uther. C) Queen Igrayne. D) Sir Kaye. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merlin. 40. Paganism is the belief in many gods. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. What was Grendel? A) An elf. B) A gnome. C) A dragon. D) An ogre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An ogre. 42. The archetypal epic hero stands in relation to his or her community as the hero- A) Who saves others with minimal risk to himself. B) Whose individual quest has nothing to do with the community. C) Who, as a supreme individual, is indifferent to the fate of others. D) Who gives his or her own life to protect those less worthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who gives his or her own life to protect those less worthy. 43. Which state of the Hero's Journey did these happen in Beowulf?Battle with Grendel's Mother A) Return Home. B) Ordeal or Great Trial. C) Reward. D) Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ordeal or Great Trial. 44. Which state of the Hero's Journey did these happen in Beowulf?Grendel's mother attacks Herot. A) Approach. B) Ordeal or Great Trial. C) Return Home. D) Reward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Approach. 45. Who was the first archbishop of the Christian church of England (Canterbury)? A) Saint Constantine. B) Alfred the Great. C) Saint Augustine. D) Saint Patrick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saint Augustine. 46. Who challenges Beowulf's reputation as a mighty warrior? A) Unferth. B) Hrothgar. C) Brecca. D) Wulfgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unferth. 47. What was the Herot? A) The richest, largest and most beautiful room in the palace of the king of Denmark. B) The land where Beowulf lived. C) The lake where Grendel lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The richest, largest and most beautiful room in the palace of the king of Denmark. 48. Grendel died because of a leg injury. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 49. TRUE OR FALSE:The Dragon represents not only evil but greed. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 50. The demeanor and mood among the Danes after years of Grendel's tyranny can be best characterized as A) Sorrowful. B) Optimistic. C) Hopeful. D) Fearful. E) Resigned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sorrowful. 51. Vicious monster who struck down 30 Dames in their sleep. A) Beowulf. B) Edgetho. C) Grendel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel. 52. Which of the following is an example of alliteration? A) Vanessa's vaccine defends her vulnerable body from the virus. B) Lucy jumps at least a hundred feet in the air. C) Joseph's vaccine lowers his chances of getting the virus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vanessa's vaccine defends her vulnerable body from the virus. 53. How long did Beowulf swim down to find Grendel's mother? A) He went swimming?. B) An hour. C) A couple of minutes. D) Almost a day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Almost a day. 54. Drag and drop to FILL IN THE BLANK:Some religions believe if you have done something that you are ashamed of, it is a good idea to (a) yourself of those offenses by confessing them. A) Lament (n). B) A Purge (v). C) Shroud (n). D) Majestic (adj). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Purge (v). 55. What type of hero is Beowulf? A) Brave. B) Fearful. C) Scary. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epic. 56. Read lines 114-116, which describe what Beowulf did when he first heard about Grendel. What do the lines say about Beowulf as a character? A) He tends to act recklessly. B) He is forgiving of evil and sins. C) He is generous and brave. D) He seeks to help all who ask him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is generous and brave. 57. Discolored by bruising A) Livid. B) Purge. C) Gorge. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Livid. 58. What does the word 'swift' mean? A) To express sadness or regret. B) To express happiness. C) A movement or journey. D) Fast or swift movement or action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fast or swift movement or action. 59. Affliction:relief, comfort, solace A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonym. 60. She attacks Heorot Hall to avenge her son's death. A) Ursula. B) Wealtheow. C) Melisandre. D) Grendel's Mother. 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