This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is Hrothgar's view of the origin of grief? A) Grief is heaven's decree. B) Grief is brought about by man alone. C) Grief makes a people stronger. D) Grief is a process that must be worked through. E) Grief is something no warrior should give in to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grief is heaven's decree. 2. Pursue stealthily, hunt similar to what a lion does. A) Lair. B) Stalked. C) Gruesome. D) Gorge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gorge. 3. Two-word poetic renamings in Medieval poetry. A) Kennings. B) Jennings. C) Caesura. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kennings. 4. Anything vulnerable to attack is ..... A) Assailable. B) Comity. C) Prowess. D) Revered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assailable. 5. (adjective) having a very bad reputation A) Purge. B) Purge. C) Infamous. D) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infamous. 6. "Preen" means to: A) Ponder. B) Primp. C) Bristle. D) Wail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primp. 7. Which detail from the story shows that Beowulf' men care of him? A) They build a strong boat to sail to help the king. B) All but one of his men run from the dragon. C) They stay at the pool's edge even when King Hrothgar's men leave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They stay at the pool's edge even when King Hrothgar's men leave. 8. What is the name of the mead hall? A) Distorted. B) Cedar point. C) Berkner. D) The pit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distorted. 9. A character that is simply hanging about, but they do help to move the plot forward and interact with the characters is called a ..... A) Protagonist Character. B) Antagonist Character. C) Tertiary Character. D) None of the Above Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tertiary Character. 10. What is the "trophy" at the end of The Battle with Grendel? A) A sword. B) Grendel's head. C) Grendel's whole arm. D) A gold cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel's whole arm. 11. The thoughts/emotions of a single speaker A) Lyric. B) Elegy. C) Oral tradition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 12. Who unified and created England? A) King Alfred. B) King Beowulf. C) King Tut. D) King Arthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Alfred. 13. Which lines show that Scyld was well-respected? A) Lines 14-15. B) Lines 9-10. C) Lines 12-13. D) Lines 5-6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lines 9-10. 14. Refers to the way in which words and sentences are placed together. A) Paragraph. B) Satire. C) Diction. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntax. 15. The story was probably written in A) The early 700's. B) 44 B.C. C) Unknown. D) The late 1300's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The early 700's. 16. What language did the Anglo-Saxons speak? A) Middle English. B) Latin. C) Old English. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old English. 17. Strongest of Scyld's son and builder of Heorot A) Beowulf. B) Scyld Scefing. C) King Hrothgar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Hrothgar. 18. How old is the Beowulf manuscript? A) Over a thousand years old. B) Over five hundred years old. C) Two thousand years old. D) 450 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over a thousand years old. 19. Discuss how the text infers how Beowulf might approach Grendel? A) With a shield and a sword. B) With his bare hands. C) With a spear. D) He didn't approach he let his men fight Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With his bare hands. 20. Beowulf was originally written in ..... A) Middle English. B) Old English. C) Early Modern English. D) Modern English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old English. 21. How do Beowulf's men react when Beowulf begins to fight the dragon? A) They cheer on their king. B) They run to get help. C) They run and hide. D) They come to his aid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They run and hide. 22. Beowulf was known to have the strength of how many men? A) 200. B) 10. C) 50. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30. 23. Who had come to a misunderstanding about Grendel's attack? A) Hrothgar. B) Wealtheow. C) Unferth. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unferth. 24. Why did Beowulf come to Herot to meet King Hrothgar? A) He heard about Grendel & wanted to come. B) Hrothgar sent a messenger to invite him. C) He wanted to marry the princess as a reward. D) He was asked to come save the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He heard about Grendel & wanted to come. 25. Unferth gives Beowulf his sword knowing that it will fail Beowulf in battle and he wants to make him look bad. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 26. Flexible body armor made of linked metal loops A) Mail-shirt (n). B) Lament (n). C) Prow (n). D) Purge (v). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mail-shirt (n). 27. Who composed the poem Beowulf? A) Virgil. B) Homer. C) Unknown poet. D) Burton Raffel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unknown poet. 28. Resolute:determined, resolved, steady A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 29. Who was Grendel's famous Biblical ancestor? A) Joseph. B) Cain. C) Jacob. D) King David. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cain. 30. What happens as a result of the battle between Beowulf and Grendel? A) Beowulf is seriously wounded. B) Grendel is mortally wounded. C) Grendel is beheaded in Herot. D) Herot is totally destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel is mortally wounded. 31. Anne of Green Gables is called such because she lives in a house with a green ..... A) Roof. B) Basement. C) Bedroom. D) Carpet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roof. 32. What is the name of Hrothgar's wife? A) Hygd. B) Grendel. C) Wealhtheow. D) Modthryth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wealhtheow. 33. Which of the following words DOES NOT describe Hrothgar? A) Foolish. B) Brave. C) Kind. D) Ambitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foolish. 34. Being successful, thriving, rich A) Industry. B) Benevolence. C) Faith. D) Prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prosperity. 35. When you put in a lot of overtime hours at your job, you assume you'll be duly paid.Duly means ..... A) Honored greatly at a ceremony. B) Never. C) Properly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Properly. 36. The name of Unferth's weapon that he gives Beowulf. A) Hrunting. B) Hrothgar. C) Wiglaf. D) Unferth. E) Higlac. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrunting. 37. People who were called pagans were? A) Devoted members of the Catholic Church. B) Not members of the Catholic Church. C) Witches and Warlocks. D) Social outcasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not members of the Catholic Church. 38. The final paragraph of this passage suggests that the revelry in the mead-hall has taken place during A) Hrothgar's dying days. B) The daylight hours. C) The winter solstice. D) Heorot's golden days. E) The dark of night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The daylight hours. 39. " ..... how he would never ..... or make peace with any Dane ..... " A) Beset. B) Scourge. C) Parley. D) Preen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parley. 40. What famous author changed the way Beowulf and the Anglo Saxons were studied? A) J.K. Rowling. B) J.R.R. Tolkien. C) Stephen King. D) Stephen Chbosky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J.R.R. Tolkien. 41. What "trophy" does Beowulf hang from the rafters after his fight with Grendel? A) His sword. B) Grendel's head. C) A crown. D) Grendel's arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel's arm. 42. What is the central theme or idea explored in this passage from "Beowulf" ? A) The importance of wealth and treasure. B) The valor and bravery of the Geats. C) The heroic journey and duty to help others. D) The rivalry between Beowulf and King Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The heroic journey and duty to help others. 43. Choose a synonym for the word kin A) Teacher. B) President. C) Relative. D) Classmate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relative. 44. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words/phrases. A) Theory. B) Alliteration. C) Cutting. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 45. Why does Beowulf decide to visit Hrothgar? A) To create an alliance. B) To start war. C) To defeat a monster. D) To ask for protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To defeat a monster. 46. Why has the author mentioned the pagan temples in this part of the epic? A) To show that the societ was pagan. B) To show that the society accepted christainity. C) To show that the people are close to God. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show that the societ was pagan. 47. What is another name for a steep or rugged cliff? A) Cutting. B) Summit. C) Crag. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crag. 48. Is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. A) Movie. B) Epic. C) Poem. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 49. Reward, make payment A) Deflect. B) Recompense. C) Vied. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recompense. 50. Mourn:content, happy, rejoice A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonym. 51. Wiglaf thinks that he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because A) Beowulf is too old and sick to fight. B) It will increase Beowulf's chance of victory. C) Then Beowulf's comrades can claim the monster's treasure. D) In the past they had promised to repay Beowulf's kindness with their lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the past they had promised to repay Beowulf's kindness with their lives. 52. Who is the father of Shield Sheafson? A) Grendel. B) Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) Sheafson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sheafson. 53. Leah ..... with Michelle's idea, but Tom disagreed with her. A) Furled. B) Resoluted. C) Assailed. D) Concurred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concurred. 54. Enjoyed; found pleasure in A) Protector. B) Swayed. C) Relished. D) Truce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relished. 55. How do we know that Beowulf is honorable? A) Beowulf wants to trick Grendel. B) Beowulf refuses to fight Grendel with a weapon. C) Beowulf is the strongest warrior. D) Hrothgar knew his dad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf refuses to fight Grendel with a weapon. 56. Where does Grendel typically roam? A) The bottom of the sea. B) Tunnels and caves within the mountains. C) The marches, heaths, and fens. D) Crowded cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The marches, heaths, and fens. 57. Who is the king of Beowulf's kingdom? A) Hrethel. B) Higlac. C) Wiglaf. D) Edgetho. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higlac. 58. Look to my example:"That girl is trouble. Don't you remember what happened to Adam?" is a (a) allusion. A) Mythological. B) Historical. C) A biblical. D) Literal tagsfigurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A biblical. 59. What happens when the sword makes a sound like singing? A) Beowulf dances with Grendel's mother. B) Undead Grendel attacks Beowulf. C) Grendel's mother attacks Beowulf. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undead Grendel attacks Beowulf. 60. What is an epic poem about? A) A hero who cannot be defeated. B) A hero who also serves as a representation of a culture. C) An adventure involving magic and monsters. D) A song based on a famous hero revered by a country. 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