This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 29 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 597 AD, St. Augustine converted King ..... to Christianity. A) David. B) Ethelburt. C) Alfred. D) Arthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethelburt. 2. Who is credited as the author of Beowulf? A) An unknown Christian scribe. B) Geatish monks from Sweden. C) Alfred the Great. D) The Venerable Bede. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An unknown Christian scribe. 3. Which two quotes from Beowulf contain kennings renaming the two main characters? Grendel was the name of this grim demon A) Theory. B) The traction g. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The traction g. 4. ..... is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in lines of poetry. A) Motif. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 5. What is the historical context of Beowulf? A) Ancient Greece. B) Victorian era in England. C) Anglo-Saxon period in England. D) Renaissance period in Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anglo-Saxon period in England. 6. During Beowulf's time, the King of Danes is A) Hrothgar. B) Hrethel. C) Hygelac. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar. 7. "Stalwart in action, they kept striking outon every side, seeking to cutstraight to the soul. When they joined the struggle."This is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Cutting. C) Theory. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 8. Derive and select the appropriate meaning of the bold word using context clues: "The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered in any man on the face of the earth. Every bone in his body quailed and recoiled, but he could not escape." A) Shake. B) Quiver. C) Vibrate. D) Feel or show fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feel or show fear. 9. In that same excerpt, which of the following words is a context clue for loathsome? " ..... and running to his loathsome moor [land]/With another such sickening meal waiting/In his pouch." (lines 538-40) A) Running. B) Sickening. C) Waiting. D) Meal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sickening. 10. How does Beowulf's attitude towards death evolve from his battle with Grendel to his battle with the dragon? A) From ambition to resignation. B) From fear to acceptance. C) From indifference to dread. D) From confidence to doubt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From ambition to resignation. 11. How long is the poem? A) Over 2000 lines. B) Over 5000 lines. C) Over 3000 lines. D) Over 4000 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over 3000 lines. 12. Anglo-Saxon travelling poets were called A) Scops. B) Minstrels. C) Bards. D) Jugglers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scops. 13. What is the meaning of the word "manifold" in the following context: "Rings and bright armour and treasure manifold" ? A) Careless; heedless. B) Hidden; secret. C) Various; varied. D) Difficult to attain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Various; varied. 14. Tight; having no slack A) Taut. B) Loathsome. C) Livid. D) Writhing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taut. 15. What was the role of the scop or bard in Anglo-Saxon culture? A) Entertainer. B) Poet. C) Storyteller. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. What is the name of King Hrothgar's great hall? A) Heorot. B) Breca. C) Fitala. D) Wulfgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heorot. 17. What was it like to be an Anglo-Saxon? A) It was fun going on adventures to new places. B) It was difficult and short-lived. C) It was easy. D) It was hard but they lived a very long time so it was worth it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was difficult and short-lived. 18. Why was Unferth "terribly alone" in Hall Heorot? A) He didn't like Hrothgar. B) He didn't like the light. C) He didn't like Wealtheow. D) All his friends went home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He didn't like the light. 19. What is the name of the hero's homeland? A) Sweden. B) Denmark. C) England. D) Geatland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geatland. 20. What type of defenses did the Romans build to defend against invaders? A) Marines. B) Forts/wall. C) Ships. D) Navy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forts/wall. 21. Make a concerted or violent attack on A) Resolute. B) Assail. C) Theory. D) Infallible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assail. 22. Which part of Grendel's body does Beowulf take off? A) Legs. B) Eyes. C) Arm. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arm. 23. What character highlights the consequences of violence and the complex nature of good and evil. use character and contribution worksheet as a reference A) The Geats disloyalty. B) The Dragon. C) Grendel's mother. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel's mother. 24. "Sea paths" is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Theory. C) Cutting. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 25. When does Grendel attack? A) Only in the morning because he is hungry. B) Only at night while the men are sleeping. C) All day long-he's not picky!. D) Trick question-he doesn't attack, he's a gentle creature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only at night while the men are sleeping. 26. The Anglo-Saxons loved using alliteration, kennings, and caesuras because ..... A) These poetic devices made them sound highly educated. B) These poetic devices made their stories sound good verbally. C) These poetic devices made their stories interesting to read silently. D) These poetic devices impressed their English teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) These poetic devices made their stories sound good verbally. 27. Who are Beowulf's people? A) The Saxons. B) The Anglos. C) The Danes. D) The Geats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Geats. 28. Although most cats would view a large dog as a(n) ....., my cat and dog are best friends. A) Reclusive. B) Alacrity. C) Solace. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 29. The warrior's combat ( ) was so great that nobody could beat him. A) Mandate. B) Omen. C) Prowess. D) Hoard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prowess. 30. Who is called the father of English history? A) Saint Augustine. B) King Arthur. C) The Venerable Bede. D) Alfred the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Venerable Bede. 31. Beowulf would best be described as ..... A) A drama. B) An origin myth. C) A creation myth. D) An epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An epic. 32. Beowulf is thought to be written by A) William Shakespeare. B) A traveling Anglo-Saxon poet. C) Geoffrey Chaucer. D) Homer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A traveling Anglo-Saxon poet. 33. Which of the following would be an example of a Call to Adventure: A) The Hero returns to his world with a boon that can be shared by all. B) The Hero receives an invitation or challenge that disrupts his ordinary world. C) The Hero defeats his arch-enemy. D) The Hero is reluctant to embark on a new journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Hero receives an invitation or challenge that disrupts his ordinary world. 34. What was the only item safe from Grendel's evil? A) The king's crown. B) The king's throne. C) The king's wife. D) Beowulf's sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The king's throne. 35. Which era of the English language was began in the late 1600's and was influenced by the Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, and the Technology Revolution? A) Early Modern. B) Middle. C) Modern. D) Old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modern. 36. What does Anglo-Saxon mean? A) Someone who likes to play the saxophone. B) A person of Germanic descent who conquered and settled in England. C) A person of English descent who conquered and settled in Germany. D) Someone of Viking descent who sailed around the world and settled in America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person of Germanic descent who conquered and settled in England. 37. Define the italicized word: "in deep anguish and dread of lonely days." A) Joy. B) Agony. C) Confusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agony. 38. Two word poetic renaming A) Alliteration. B) Scop. C) Theory. D) Quest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 39. In which year surged the Anglo saxon period? A) 450-1067. B) 412-1065. C) 450-1066. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 450-1066. 40. The story wasw probably written in ..... A) 44 B.C.E. B) The late 1300s. C) The 1620s. D) The early 700s-1000 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The early 700s-1000 A.D. 41. How does Hrothgar feel towards Beowulf after the fight with Grendel? A) He feels grateful towards Beowulf; & says Beowulf is like a son to him now. B) Hrothgar is upset that Beowulf let the monster go back to his dark den. C) Hrothgar wants to make Beowulf King of Scotland. D) He is enraged with jealousy because he wanted to defeat the monster instead of Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He feels grateful towards Beowulf; & says Beowulf is like a son to him now. 42. In this passage, Beowulf exhibits all of the following EXCEPT A) Humility. B) Pathos. C) Contempt. D) Prudence. E) Bravado. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 43. Beowulf's Call to Adventure occurs when A) He fights Grendel. B) He fights the Sea Monsters. C) He hears about Hrothgar's problems. D) He gets Hrothgar's permission and wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He hears about Hrothgar's problems. 44. Who is the next monster Beowulf will have to fight? A) Grendel's mother. B) Grendel's cousin's half-sister. C) Grendel's father. D) Grendel's sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel's mother. 45. Beowulf was written by Shakespeare A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe? They both sound old. D) I don't know the answer so I picked this one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 46. Epic poems continued to be composed in the Middle Ages, then they were called..... A) Legends. B) Myths. C) Songs of deed. D) Novelas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Songs of deed. 47. What activities took place in mead halls during the Anglo-Saxon era? A) Engaging in political discussions and making important decisions. B) Praying, meditating, and practicing religious rituals. C) Feasting, drinking, storytelling, and socializing. D) Dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feasting, drinking, storytelling, and socializing. 48. He is the hero of the Geats A) Grendel. B) Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf. 49. What is the name of the mead hall in Denmark? A) Beowulf. B) Midgard. C) Valhalla. D) Heorot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heorot. 50. Beowulf plans to defeat Grendel with ..... A) His sword. B) Hand-to-hand combat. C) Spears of his men. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hand-to-hand combat. 51. Passionately or forcefully A) Epic. B) Cesura. C) Vehemently. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vehemently. 52. What does Hrothgar say in his final praise to Beowulf? A) He would be just like Heremond. B) The geats should choose him as their next leader, if his uncle ever dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The geats should choose him as their next leader, if his uncle ever dies. 53. A story of how the earth was created would be a ..... A) Genesis story. B) Epic. C) Creation Myth. D) Origin Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creation Myth. 54. Losing a football game stinks, but losing a game where, at the end, you are lying face down in a puddle of mud and the fans are burning effigies of you in the streets? That is an ..... defeat. A) August. B) Languished. C) Ignominious. D) Depredated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ignominious. 55. Singers of tales A) Hrunting. B) Scops. C) Mead. D) Mail shirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scops. 56. Where do Beowulf's warriors hide? A) Behind the bushes. B) In the woods. C) In a fortress. D) Behind the dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the woods. 57. Beowulf fought the dragon, despite the likelihood of death. A) Brave. B) Physically Strong. C) Values Loyalty. D) Intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brave. 58. Who is the main antagonist in Beowulf? A) Wiglaf. B) King Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel. 59. What does Beowulf do to Grendel at the end of chapter 6? A) He kills him. B) He pulls off his arm. C) He chases him away. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He pulls off his arm. 60. The dragon kills Beowulf with A) Sharp claws. B) A poisoned bite. C) Molten flame. D) His own sword. 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