This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How can you tell that Beowulf is a legendary hero? A) He is the son of a Geat ruler who came to fight in England. B) He is a soldier who fought in battles long ago. C) He is larger than life and is remembered in tales from long ago. D) He believes in honor and loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is larger than life and is remembered in tales from long ago. 2. Why does the watchman get suspicious when he sees Beowulf and his men arrive? A) They speak another language than his own. B) Beowulf was wearing a disguise. C) Their weapons were too nice for commoners to own. D) They were trying to sneak by him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their weapons were too nice for commoners to own. 3. According to Tolkien, the biggest challenge in translating Beowulf is making it both understandable and: A) Clear. B) Historically accurate. C) Engaging. D) Morally correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engaging. 4. Why had Hrothgar's red hair turned white? A) From old age. B) From the stress of ruling the kingdom. C) From being a coward. D) From his worry of Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From his worry of Grendel. 5. Who is described in these lines? ""Too loathsome and lasting. Not longer he tarried, But one night after continued his slaughter ..... " A) Grendel. B) Higelac. C) Beowulf. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel. 6. Which type of sentence starter is the sentence below:At last the spoor came to an end. A) To+verb. B) Verb+ing. C) Prepositional phrase. D) Adjective, adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositional phrase. 7. From which fact in Beowulf can the reader infer that Beowulf is honorable? A) Beowulf refuses to use weapons because Grendel uses none. B) Beowulf vows to ambush Grendel and destroy the monster. C) Beowulf is the strongest of the Geats. D) Higlac is Beowulf's cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf refuses to use weapons because Grendel uses none. 8. When the "rich feasting" begins in celebration of Beowulf's return, identify two things that are included in the celebration. A) Mead; archery contest. B) Grendel's head; mead. C) Exchange of treasure; loud revelry of heroes. D) Minstrel songs; a sword. E) A mailcoat; an exchange of treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exchange of treasure; loud revelry of heroes. 9. Our ( ) waiter made us feel welcome at the restaurant A) Haughty. B) Pagan. C) Courteous. D) Reproachable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courteous. 10. Why is Grendel in pain at the beginning of the story? A) The music & noise from the hall. B) He's sick. C) The sunlight hurts him. D) He lost his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The music & noise from the hall. 11. Who was Beowulf's "right hand man" against the Firedrake? A) Sigemund. B) Wiglaf. C) Fita. D) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wiglaf. 12. Epics began as oral poems retold over many generations. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. A violent disturbance A) Ravenous. B) Elated. C) Lavish. D) Turmoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turmoil. 14. Which of the following is not a kenning? A) Mead hall. B) Lord's protector. C) Golden wing. D) Sea witch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Golden wing. 15. What makes Seamus Heaney unusual among Beowulf translators? A) He was a historian. B) He spoke Old English fluently. C) He was Irish. D) He was a poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was a poet. 16. Approximately when is Beowulf dated to? A) 800 A.D. B) 1 B.C. C) 800 B.C. D) 1066 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 800 A.D. 17. Who is the monster that comes and terrorizes the Danes? A) To eat. B) Hrothger. C) Beowulf. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel. 18. How many monsters will Beowulf fight in the poem? A) Three. B) Twenty. C) One. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 19. The first Germanic people to invade Britain and settle there were ..... A) The Celts. B) The Romans. C) The Jutes. D) The Normans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Jutes. 20. The highest form of anger and rage is ..... A) Fury. B) Lair. C) Peace. D) Disgust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fury. 21. What happened to Beowulf's toothache? A) It got better. B) It got worse. C) It was gone. D) He had the tooth pulled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was gone. 22. Why doesn't Beowulf want to be king? A) Hadred is the rightful heir. B) He is lazy. C) He wants peace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadred is the rightful heir. 23. Who might have written the epic poem Beowulf? A) A warrior or soldier. B) A farmer or peasant. C) A king or queen. D) A monk or court poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A monk or court poet. 24. Are the tales of the Greek, Roman, Norse, etc gods considered to be legends or myths? A) Legends. B) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myths. 25. Look at this quote from page 16:'Looping the sluggish wave'. The word 'sluggish' is ..... A) A verb. B) A noun. C) An adjective. D) An adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adjective. 26. House, apartment, or place of residence A) Bear. B) Dwelling. C) Brand. D) Spoils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dwelling. 27. What was the one thing Grendel wouldn't touch? A) The king's throne. B) The door to the mead hall. C) The king's crown. D) The burning fire in the mead hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The king's throne. 28. Something done to make amends for loss or suffering. A) Taut. B) Reparation. C) Affliction. D) Moor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reparation. 29. Queen Elizabeth II is one of the most ( ) rulers in world history. A) Pagan. B) Renowned. C) Reproachable. D) Exiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renowned. 30. Bite at or nibble something persistently A) Wry. B) Exultation. C) Gnaw. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gnaw. 31. Which is an example of Alliteration? A) "The Quail killed the canary.". B) "Sally bought shells near the ocean.". C) "Annie creates alliterative poems all the time in the arena.". D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 32. Who does Beowulf ask permission from to help Hrothgar? A) Grendel. B) Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) Hygelac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hygelac. 33. Hrothgar assists Beowulf in his epic battle against the dragon. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. Which of these is NOT a theme of Beowulf? A) Money Corrupts All. B) Good vs. Evil. C) Importance of Courage. D) Importance of Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Money Corrupts All. 35. Justice which focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders A) Restorative justice. B) Retributive justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restorative justice. 36. Why do Beowulf and his followers' swords not work on Grendel and his mother? A) The swords have been bewitched by the monsters. B) The swords are old and dull. C) The swords are actually toy light sabers. D) The men are too weak to lift the swords. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The swords have been bewitched by the monsters. 37. Where does Beowulf fight Grendel's mother? A) Heorot. B) On top of the cloven mountains. C) In a Danish forest. D) In her lair at the bottom of the lake. E) On the shore before Grendel lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In her lair at the bottom of the lake. 38. A ..... is a marshy area-a damp, grassy area of ground. A) Fen. B) Respite. C) Anathema. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fen. 39. Defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A) Hrothgar of Herot. B) Claudius of Rome. C) Thor of Ragnarok. D) William of Normandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William of Normandy. 40. Greek was spoken by A) Rick and Royals. B) Church related (clergyman). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rick and Royals. 41. Beowulf dates from the ..... A) 10th century. B) 9th century. C) 6th century. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6th century. 42. How many warriors did Beowulf choose to accompany him? A) 20. B) 15. C) 25. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15. 43. Which literary device is used regularly throughout Beowulf? A) Similes. B) Metaphors. C) Superlatives. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 44. True or false:Beowulf is a king? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. Which of the following does not describe Grendel? A) Creepy. B) Evil. C) Weak. D) Destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weak. 46. Where does Beowulf take place? A) England. B) Scandinavia. C) Britain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scandinavia. 47. To try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas A) Lament. B) Solicit. C) Disposition. D) Reparation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solicit. 48. What is the original language of the epic Beowulf? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK1) A) Modern English. B) Latin. C) Middle English. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old English. 49. Unferth killed Beowulf. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 50. What does Grendel's mother take from Herot hall? A) Hrothgar's bestfriend and Grendel's arm that was hanging on the hall. B) Hrothgar's bestfriend only. C) Grendel's arm that was hanging on the wall only. D) Several soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar's bestfriend and Grendel's arm that was hanging on the hall. 51. What is: "The Swan's Road" ? A) The Baltic Sea. B) The Bering Strait. C) A River in Denmark. D) The Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Ocean. 52. What were the Geat people afraid would happen since Beowulf was now dead? A) Wiglaf would be a horrible and greedy ruler. B) They thought another monster would attack. C) They thought other tribes (Swedes, Frisians, and Franks) would attack. D) They thought they would move to Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They thought other tribes (Swedes, Frisians, and Franks) would attack. 53. Is "Trapped in the Closet" by R. Kelly considered an epic poem? A) It's not an epic, it's "hip hopera" . B) Uh. What? Is this seriously going to be on the test?. C) Yes. It's super long and annoying, just like Beowulf. D) Riley! Stop messing around and get back to the review!This is a wrong answer Riley! Stop messing around and get back to the review!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's not an epic, it's "hip hopera" . 54. Good vs. Evil Christian and Pagan Influences Importance of wealth and treasure importance of sea and sailing fate These are all examples of A) Theme. B) Attitude. C) Tone. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 55. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, -that is all/Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know" contains what type of figurative language in the first line. A) Sentimentality. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 56. Which belief does NOT match with Anglo-Saxon A) Courage. B) Honor. C) Grit. D) Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grit. 57. How much time passed before Beowulf came to rid the Danes of Grendel's terror? A) 12 generations. B) 12 months. C) 12 days. D) 12 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12 years. 58. What did Hrothgar plan to do in the hall? A) Hold banquets and parties. B) Train his army. C) Divide the spoils of war. D) Practice his speeches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divide the spoils of war. 59. Why does Grendel's mother come to Heorot? A) Grief and revenge. B) To honor her fallen child. C) To bargain with Hrothgar. D) To retrieve Grendel's dead body. E) To declare a truce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grief and revenge. 60. Why did the Firedrake want revenge? A) The village had insulted it by trespassing. B) The Firedrake specifically wanted the slave to suffer. C) The slave had stolen the cup and trespassed in its lair. D) The Firedrake simply wanted to burn the village to the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The slave had stolen the cup and trespassed in its lair. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesBeowulf Quiz 1Beowulf Quiz 2Beowulf Quiz 3Beowulf Quiz 4Beowulf Quiz 5Beowulf Quiz 6Beowulf Quiz 7Beowulf Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books