This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 25 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the king of the Danes in the story? A) Grendel. B) King Hrothgar. C) Grendel's mother. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Hrothgar. 2. Who is Grendel and where did he come from? A) A once noble King from the Danes. B) A once noble King from the Geats. C) A demonic foe from the line of Cain that terrorizes Heorot Hall. D) Someone from Beowulf's past that challenges him now that he is among the Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A demonic foe from the line of Cain that terrorizes Heorot Hall. 3. What is Hrothgar's reaction to Grendel's first attack? A) He runs away in terror, knowing that he does not have what it takes to be king. B) He angrily vows to destroy the monster or die trying. C) He is outraged that his guards would allow something like this to happen. D) He sits stricken and helpless, staring at the destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He sits stricken and helpless, staring at the destruction. 4. " ..... Up from his swampland, sliding silently" is an example of which poetic device? A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 5. "Sad lays were sung about the beset king, / the vicious raids and ravages of Grendel ..... " To be beset means: A) To be dangerous to health. B) To be discussed. C) To be assailed or attacked on all sides. D) To be pleasant and happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be assailed or attacked on all sides. 6. What is the name of the group who primarily spoke Old English? A) Norsemen. B) Anglophiles. C) Targaryens. D) Anglo-Saxons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anglo-Saxons. 7. If you don't take care of your own health, a dangerous illness could ..... your immune system and make you seriously ill. A) Furl. B) Complacent. C) Assail. D) Extol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assail. 8. Wiglaf walked into the dragon's cave and was amazed at the piles of ..... jewels and gold. A) Furled. B) Vehemently. C) Extol. D) Lavish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lavish. 9. Which term fits in this sentence:Although she was ..... and snobbish, the doctor had a large patient roster. A) Boastful. B) Prowess. C) Sturdy. D) Haughty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haughty. 10. The word baleful is used to describe the: A) Horrible cries of Grendel. B) The battle between Beowulf and Grendel. C) Demeanor of Beowulf. D) The biting cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horrible cries of Grendel. 11. An Anglo-Saxon king was chosen for his A) Intelligence. B) Family connections. C) Economic superiority. D) Bravery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bravery. 12. Which of the following is a ANTONYM for laud A) Seek out. B) Honor. C) Avoid. D) Criticize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Criticize. 13. Harrowing:calm, comforting, gratifying A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonym. 14. The story of Beowulf is considered as A) Latin Literature. B) German Literature. C) Anglo-Saxon Literature. D) Pure English Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anglo-Saxon Literature. 15. Where does Grendel's mother live? A) In the ocean. B) At Herot. C) In an underwater cave. D) In Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In an underwater cave. 16. What does Beowulf mean when he tells his men to let the slave eat honey? A) To fill the slave with honey until he died. B) To have pity on the slave. C) To choke the slave. D) To feed the slave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have pity on the slave. 17. Beowulf helps the Danes fight the Grendel because: A) He wants to become king. B) He want to impress the maidens. C) He is bored in Geatland. D) He believes it is his duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He believes it is his duty. 18. Armor made of metal rings or loops of chain A) Mail. B) Fleeing. C) Boast. D) Inherited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mail. 19. How does the prologue introduce the main character, Beowulf? A) The prologue introduces Beowulf as a villain and antagonist. B) The prologue introduces Beowulf as a legendary hero and warrior from the Geats. C) The prologue introduces Beowulf as an ordinary and unremarkable person. D) The prologue introduces Beowulf as a cowardly and weak character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The prologue introduces Beowulf as a legendary hero and warrior from the Geats. 20. Cheerful and pleasant:friendly A) Loathsome. B) Genial. C) Livid. D) Disposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genial. 21. To make or shape by heating it in a fire A) Shroud. B) Beloved. C) Forge. D) Infamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forge. 22. Name of the world where human beings dwell? A) Aesir. B) Midgard. C) He;. D) Trill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midgard. 23. What do the Danes do to escape Grendel's rage? A) They move. B) They fight back. C) They set traps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They move. 24. When he found out about the betrayal, he was so ..... that he could hardly speak. A) Imperious. B) Exalted. C) Livid. D) Infamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Livid. 25. What is epic poetry? A) A short narrative that details an event within the society. B) Poetry that was considered to be before its time. C) Long narrative poems that details a hero's journey. D) Poems that detail an EPIC event!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long narrative poems that details a hero's journey. 26. After the funeral, my cousins and I found ..... in looking at old photographs of our grandmother. A) Dauntless. B) Alacrity. C) Reparations. D) Solace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solace. 27. Who is the "pariah king who ut himself off from his own kind, even though Almighty God had made him eminent and powerful and marked him from the start for a happy life." A) In money. B) Hygd. C) Heremod. D) Haethcyn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heremod. 28. Which type of sentence uses one of the FANBOYS to connect two independent clauses? A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 29. What is a mead hall? A) The place they store all the weapons. B) The place where the people often gathered to drink and eat. C) The place where all battles occur. D) Beowulf's home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The place where the people often gathered to drink and eat. 30. Before Beowulf was considered Literature, it was seen as just A) A historical reference. B) An unreadable story. C) A old document. D) A battle tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A historical reference. 31. Who was Grendel's father? A) Unferth. B) Hrothgar. C) Ecgtheow. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hrothgar. 32. Who guarded the treasure the slave found in the cave? A) A pack of wild dogs. B) A dragon. C) An ogre. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dragon. 33. Beowulf, by the end of the epic poem, has fit all of these categories in some way EXCEPT A) The dutiful soldier. B) The epic hero. C) The wise king. D) The respected mentor. E) None of the above / He fit all these. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) None of the above / He fit all these. 34. The Great hero Beowulf come to slay the monster Grendel is allowed to exists within its own A) Christian terms. B) Pagan framework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pagan framework. 35. Who Did it:Stabbed one of Hrothgar's men in the back and stole Grendel's arm A) Unferth. B) Wiglaf. C) Beowulf. D) Grendel's Mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unferth. 36. If Beowulf dies, they will not have to host a funeral because ..... A) He fought Grendel willingly, knowing the risks. B) Hrothgar is not responsible for Beowulf because he is not his king. C) It will be a shameful way to die. D) Grendel will probably consume his entire body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel will probably consume his entire body. 37. Who is being referred to in the line "nowhere on earth had he met a man whose hands were harder" A) Hrothgar. B) Welthow. C) Beowulf. D) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf. 38. Scops were ..... A) Orphans. B) Warriors. C) Storytellers. D) Pagans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storytellers. 39. What is the definition of an epic poem? A) An archaic and historically significant poem. B) An impressive and popular poem. C) A long narrative poem. D) An unryhming poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A long narrative poem. 40. The Anglo-Saxon life was one of luxury and beauty. Life was simple and easy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. Although Hrunting won't affect Grendel's mother, what weapon does Beowulf find under water? A) A pair of nunchucks. B) A Giant's Sword. C) An ancient spear. D) A magical staff owned by a powerful wizard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Giant's Sword. 42. Station 5: "Grendel struggled:-his grudges he cherished" The bold punctuation marks in the middle are an example of which Anglo-Saxon poetic device? A) Alliteration. B) Cesura. C) Theory. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cesura. 43. The suffix "able" means ..... A) Cute. B) Capable of. C) Made of. D) Pleasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capable of. 44. Why can't Grendel attack Hrothgar? A) The king is protected by God. B) The king's men protect him. C) The king has fled from Herot Hall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The king is protected by God. 45. A commentary on the action of the story A) Narration. B) Narrator. C) Narrate. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narration. 46. An obvious pause in a line of poetry A) Comma. B) Cutting. C) Theory. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutting. 47. Choose a synonym for the word fief A) Battle land/arena. B) Classroom. C) House. D) Backpack. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battle land/arena. 48. What is Beowulf rewarded with by King Hygelac when he returns and what does this symbolize? A) Land symbolizing an increase in dominion. B) Sword to symbolize authority. C) Both the first and second answers. D) The Kingship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both the first and second answers. 49. The people of ..... are under attack from Grendel. A) Distorted. B) Geatland. C) Higlac. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distorted. 50. Where and when the story takes place A) Tension. B) Mood. C) Setting. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 51. In which quote is alliteration used to suggest the strength that Beowulf will need in battle against Grendel? A) 'privilege of purifying Heorot.'. B) 'if Grendel wins it will be a gruesome day.'. C) 'feed on it alone in a cruel frenzy.'. D) 'fight with the fiend.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'fight with the fiend.'. 52. What is the definition of AFFLICTION? A) To cleanse or rid of something undesirable. B) Given birth to. C) To stuff with food; glut. D) A force that oppresses or causes suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A force that oppresses or causes suffering. 53. Heorot is the mead hall made and established by King Hrothgar. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. A trip or journey (often religious) A) Pilgrimage. B) Talon. C) Affliction. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pilgrimage. 55. The monsters in Beowulf are ..... A) Both beheaded (heads chopped off) by Beowulf. B) Cannibals, who eat people. C) Outsiders, an alien presence, not fitting in. D) Only able to be killed by swords. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outsiders, an alien presence, not fitting in. 56. What do the warriors start to do to stay safe from Grendel? A) Summon a witch. B) Fight back. C) Run away. D) Plan a trap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run away. 57. What did the warriors place inside the tomb? A) His sword. B) A golden fleece. C) All the treasures Wiglaf found in the dragon's lair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All the treasures Wiglaf found in the dragon's lair. 58. Which of the following options is NOT a synonym for herald? A) Announce. B) Declare. C) Ballyhoo. D) Inflate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inflate. 59. What other literary device do we see in Beowulf? A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 60. CHOOSE NEXT WORDS IN ENGLISH:ESPADA, PARED, VENGANZA A) MEANWHILE, LONG BATTLE, LAIR. B) LAIR, HEAD, MEANWHILE. C) SWORD, WALL, REVENGE. D) None of above. 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