This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 27 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The original text of Beowulf was written in A) Latin. B) Gemanic-old English. C) German. D) Modern English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gemanic-old English. 2. Select the best paraphrase for the following excerpt: "None of the wise ones regretted his going, much as he was loved by the Geats:the omens were good, and they urged the adventure on." A) None of the elders wanted him to go, but he felt loved by his travel mates. B) The elders felt it was good for him to go. They thought only positive outcomes would come from his trip and encouraged him to go. C) No one regretted him leaving since they thought he wasn't right for the job and too arrogant. They felt the omens were telling them this. D) The Geats really loved him and felt regret that he was leaving. They wanted to accompany him on his adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The elders felt it was good for him to go. They thought only positive outcomes would come from his trip and encouraged him to go. 3. Grendel is descended from..... A) God. B) Cain. C) Abel. D) The Devil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cain. 4. What is the significance of the prologue in Beowulf? A) The prologue in Beowulf is a poetic device used to create suspense. B) The prologue in Beowulf serves as a summary of the entire story. C) The prologue in Beowulf introduces the main characters and their motivations. D) The significance of the prologue in Beowulf is to provide an introduction to the story and establish key elements of the narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The significance of the prologue in Beowulf is to provide an introduction to the story and establish key elements of the narrative. 5. To wreak havoc on; affect destructively. A) Reparation. B) Respite. C) Ravage. D) Banish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ravage. 6. Who did Beowulf give his gifts to? A) He gave them back to King Hrothgar. B) He gave them to his uncle, Hygelac, king of the Geats. C) He gave them to his son, Beowulf II. D) He distributed them evenly among the poor people in the land of the Geats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He gave them to his uncle, Hygelac, king of the Geats. 7. "Breathing out ruin, snorting hurricane" is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 8. The chains were a cruel ....., keeping the prisoner bound to the cold, damp cell. A) Exalted. B) Herald. C) Fetter. D) Infamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fetter. 9. A state of feeling excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen is ..... A) Anxiety. B) Suspense. C) Gothic. D) Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspense. 10. Which of the following is not an Anglo-Saxon Characteristic? A) Fame-love of glory as a ruling motive of every noble life. B) Fate-controls your life and you can only respond to it. C) Bragging and boasting. D) Rituals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rituals. 11. The only copy of the manuscript was written sometime A) Around the 10th century. B) Around the 11th century A.D. (1000's). C) Around the 9th century. D) Around the 8th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Around the 11th century A.D. (1000's). 12. When Beowulf hung Grendel's arm from the rafters, the warriors knew that Grendel's shoulder must be ..... A) Gorge. B) Lair. C) Affliction. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Livid. 13. Definition = to take delight in; to make merry or participate in boisterous festivities A) Laud. B) Hoard. C) Revel. D) Renown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revel. 14. When the Geats arrive to Denmark, who is the first to greet them? A) King Hrothgar. B) Grendel. C) A watchman. D) A dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A watchman. 15. One that keeps guard A) Mail-shirt (n). B) Prow (n). C) Purge (v). D) Sentinel (n). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentinel (n). 16. Wiglaf is Beowulf's A) First warrior. B) Cousin. C) Enemy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cousin. 17. What is Wiglaf doing in the opening lines of "The Spoils" ? A) Entering the Dragon's tower to gather treasure. B) Battling the Dragon with Beowulf's sword. C) Trying to save Beowulf. D) Crying over the body of the dead hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entering the Dragon's tower to gather treasure. 18. He is a wise ruler who became the inspiration of Beowulf in ruling a Kingdom A) Rothgar. B) Hortgart. C) Hrothgar. D) Hagorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hrothgar. 19. Beowulf defeats Grendel by (a) A) A ripping his arm off. B) Setting him on fire. C) Poisoning him. D) Beheading him with a magic sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A ripping his arm off. 20. Wiglaf hands down the punishment to the warriors who deserted Beowulf. Punishment includes all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) Their property will taken from them. B) Their property will taken from their family members. C) They will be branded with disgrace. D) They will be put to death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They will be put to death. 21. What is end-stopping? A) A term used in painting to describe the end of a stroke. B) A term used in music to describe the end of a phrase. C) A term used in cooking to describe the end of a recipe. D) A term used in poetry to describe a line with a pause at the end. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A term used in poetry to describe a line with a pause at the end. 22. If someone is a pariah they are most likely A) Causing damage or harm. B) Attacking. C) An outcast. D) Large quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An outcast. 23. Pick the best ANTONYM for the word murky A) Clear. B) Scary. C) Discontent. D) Muddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear. 24. Beowulf would best be considered an example of which genre? A) Myth. B) Epic. C) Legend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 25. Genus and species of Beowulf. A) Lyrical-song of deeds. B) Epic-epic. C) Epic-song of deed. D) Lyrical-epic poem. E) Epic-epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic-song of deed. 26. How many men did it take to carry Grendel's head on a spear? A) 6. B) 2. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 27. What does story does Unferth tell about Beowulf and for what purpose? A) A story of how Beowulf lost to a dragon in a battle and hide to make him seem like he is not courageous. B) A story of how Beowulf abandoned his crew during a war to make him seem like he is not loyal. C) A story of how Beowulf got washed out to sea to make Beowulf seem like he disobeyed orders and was prideful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A story of how Beowulf got washed out to sea to make Beowulf seem like he disobeyed orders and was prideful. 28. When was Beowulf written? A) It's the new blockbuster in 2018!. B) Scholars don't agree, so 700-1100 A.D. covers the origin. C) 500 B.C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scholars don't agree, so 700-1100 A.D. covers the origin. 29. Select the correct term for the following definition:feeling a need to see others suffer A) Livid. B) Reparation. C) Imperious. D) Malice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malice. 30. It seemed to everyone, for an instant, that her hair was filled with ..... snakes. A) Stalked. B) Writhing. C) Infamous. D) Gruesome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writhing. 31. What is the meaning of the word devour in this sentence? He devoured everything on his plate. A) Eating greedily. B) Eating the last piece. C) Running away from. D) Throwing away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating greedily. 32. Which is an example of a kenning for Beowulf? A) Mankind's enemy. B) Strong-slayer. C) Hrothgar's follower. D) Evil fiend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strong-slayer. 33. Match the reading selection to the time period. Beowulf A) Anglo-Saxon time period. B) Modern Literature. C) Medieval Period. D) Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anglo-Saxon time period. 34. Which term fits in this sentence:In its new place on the windowsill, the plant is sure to ..... and bloom regularly. A) Haughty. B) Boast. C) Thrive. D) Mandate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thrive. 35. The dragon burned down Beowulf's home. What did Beowulf assume ..... A) That he was the target for the dragon. B) That God was punishing him for something. C) That the dragon was attacking for revenge. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That God was punishing him for something. 36. As noted in Beowulf in the story of Shield Sheafing's rise, which of the following is/are examples of being a good king? A) Recognising individual achievement and properly rewarding it. B) Dispensing justice through precedence. C) Seeing to the prosperity of the people. D) A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and C. 37. How do the Anglo-Saxons believe you achieve immortality? A) By being a good king. B) By being intelligently superior to all others. C) By being remembered for eternity for brave and selfless acts. D) By being welcomed into the Hall of Herot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By being remembered for eternity for brave and selfless acts. 38. Plight:advantage, good fortune, solution A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonym. 39. Who fought the dragon? A) Beowulf and Wiglaf. B) Unferth and Beowulf. C) Wiglaf alone. D) Beowulf alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf and Wiglaf. 40. Twisting, as in pain A) Mail shirt. B) Writhing. C) Lament. D) Sinews. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writhing. 41. It refers to the different positive or negative emotions associated with a word. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 42. Beowulf was written in English almost unrecognizable to us, closer to which language? A) French. B) Latin. C) Dutch. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dutch. 43. What two items does Grendel's mother steal from Herot? A) Hrothgar's closest friend, Grendel's claw. B) Grendel's claw, Beowulf's sword. C) A sword and shield. D) A mead cup and Grendel's claw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar's closest friend, Grendel's claw. 44. What governs the world in Beowulf? A) Feud and peace. B) Courage. C) Good and evil. D) Fate and destiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fate and destiny. 45. What does Beowulf ask of Hrothgar? A) Beowulf asks to be friends. B) Beowulf asks to fight Grendel. C) Beowulf asks for a ship. D) Beowulf asks for gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf asks to fight Grendel. 46. The ..... man so seldom left his house that we sometimes wondered if he was still alive. A) Dauntless. B) Reclusive. C) Writhing. D) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reclusive. 47. How is the creature defeated in Beowulf's last battle? A) His arm is ripped off. B) His head is cut off with a sword. C) His throat is slit with daggers. D) His heart is torn out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His throat is slit with daggers. 48. Beowulf was written when England was changing from a pagan culture to a ..... culture. A) Atheist. B) Deceptive. C) Christian. D) Evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christian. 49. To stuff with food A) Lament. B) Gorge. C) Purge. D) Relish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gorge. 50. The Norman Conquest was marked by the ..... A) Building of Hadrian's Wall. B) Battle of Hastings. C) St. Crispin's Day speech. D) Death of William the Conqueror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Battle of Hastings. 51. To be forced to fly off and try again after failing A) Boltered. B) Tolerate. C) Abide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boltered. 52. What are the genre that Anglo saxon period include? A) Epic, poem, sermons, bible traslations, legal works, chronicles, riddles. B) Epic poetry, sermons, bible traslations, legal works, chronicles, riddles. C) Epic poetry, sermons, bible traslations, unlegal works, chronicles, riddles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic poetry, sermons, bible traslations, legal works, chronicles, riddles. 53. Who is winning most of the battle with the dragon? A) Hrothgar. B) Wiglaf. C) Beowulf. D) Dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dragon. 54. Reread lines 35-38 from Beowulf for a specific feature of Old English poetry. The author substitutes the name Grendel with the kenning God-cursed brute in order to ..... A) Emphasize the depth of Grendel's evil. B) Describe the havoc Grendel creates in detail for the reader. C) Show the reader that Grendel presents no real challenge. D) Stress the excess of Grendel's greed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasize the depth of Grendel's evil. 55. What is the name of the Anglo-Saxon epic? A) The iliad. B) Beowulf. C) Grendel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 56. The author of Beowulf is A) Geoffrey Chaucer. B) Anonymous. C) Sir Rober Cotton. D) William Shakepspeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anonymous. 57. The tendons that connect muscles to bone. A) Affliction. B) Epic. C) Moor. D) Sinew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sinew. 58. Which theme does Beowulf's final battle primarily highlight? A) The impacts of aging. B) The fleeting nature of fame. C) The eternal battle between good and evil. D) The danger of unchecked ambition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The impacts of aging. 59. Beowulf is the ..... of the story A) Antihero. B) Failure. C) Antagonist. D) Epic Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epic Hero. 60. A dragon becomes angry because ..... and he starts attacking people. A) Someone woke him up. B) A thief stole a cup. C) Someone insulted his family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A thief stole a cup. ← 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