This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who does Beowulf pray to in the epic poem? A) Ra. B) Odin. C) The Creator of all things. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Creator of all things. 2. True or False? Beowulf was never King of Denmark. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. The Anglo-Saxon period in England spans approximately the A) Seven centuries. B) Five centuries. C) Six centuries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Six centuries. 4. What does Grendel's mother drag Beowulf into? A) A web. B) A lake. C) Here it is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Here it is. 5. What does Beowulf give to Wiglaf before dying? A) His helmet. B) His chain mail shirt. C) The title of king. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 6. Beowulf returned to Geatland and became king. He ruled for ..... years in peace. A) 10. B) 25. C) 50. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50. 7. No matter what he tried, he couldn't ake the ..... buzzing noise in his head to away A) Unrelenting. B) Wail. C) Plight. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrelenting. 8. After Beowulf's weapons fail him gainst the dragon, his men rush to help him, but he orders them away. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 9. What word best describes the mood of the resolution? A) Solemn celebration. B) Epic grief. C) Celebratory feasting. D) Violent retribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solemn celebration. 10. The bow, or forward most part of a ship A) Sinews. B) Prow. C) Lair. D) Hrunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prow. 11. Who ruled Britannia before the Anglo Saxons? A) Romans. B) Greeks. C) Geats. D) Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romans. 12. What is the meaning of the word affliction as it appears in the following excerpts?"And sometimes they sacrificed to the old stone gods ..... hoping for ..... the Devil's guidance in driving their affliction off." (lines 90-93)"Bold and strong-minded, had driven affliction off, purged Herot clean." (lines 348-49) A) A problem or something that causes pain. B) Bravery, boldness, or fearlessness. C) Intense religious devotion. D) A desire, wish, or aspiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A problem or something that causes pain. 13. The word "boots" usually refers to soldiers. This is an example of A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 14. Expressing the opposite; inconsistent A) Loathsome. B) Contradictory. C) Reversive. D) Concave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contradictory. 15. What is "oral tradition" ? A) The tradition of caring for one's mouth. B) Stories recorded in scrolls. C) Performing stories by speaking them from memory. D) A dance number that tells the story of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Performing stories by speaking them from memory. 16. Where do Grendel and his mother live? A) In a palace. B) In a lake. C) In a mead-hall. D) In a barrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a lake. 17. What favor did Hrothgar do for Beowulf's father? A) He loaned Edgetho some gold. B) He paid off the Wulfings, whom Edgetho upset. C) He gave Edgetho a wife. D) He helped Edgetho in battle against the Jutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He paid off the Wulfings, whom Edgetho upset. 18. The Anglo-Saxons believed in "Wyrd" meaning that fate had no role in their lives. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. What is a kenning? A) Break in the middle of a line. B) Renaming a person. C) Comparison to something else. D) Repetition of sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renaming a person. 20. Which of the following was NOT an art form Anglo Saxons were good at? A) Dance. B) Poetry. C) Storytelling. D) Metal Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dance. 21. Which of the following below would most likely NOT be a theme of the poem? A) Bravery and loyalty will be heavily rewarded. B) Good always triumphs over evil. C) Old age is a warrior's worst fate. D) A good life is one that is remembered long after your death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old age is a warrior's worst fate. 22. All Hrothgar's men stayed loyal to him throughout the reign of terror inflicted upon them by Grendel. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. How does Hrothgar feel when Beowulf tells him he wants to go home? A) Happy. B) Sad. C) Angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sad. 24. Fill in the blank:She ..... every moment of her summer vacation, savoring the sunsets and laughter. A) Gorges. B) Laments. C) Purges. D) Relished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relished. 25. Which word means to cleanse? A) Talon. B) Affliction. C) Purge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purge. 26. What does Beowulf ask to have built in his honor? A) A tower. B) An arch. C) A castle. D) A mote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tower. 27. When used to describe the sea, the phrase "whale-road" is an example of ..... A) Theory. B) Wyrd. C) Cutting. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory. 28. Whom does the minstrel sing of during the celebration this time? A) The Dragon. B) Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) Heroes of old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf. 29. Match the definition with the word:adjectives or descriptors that take the place of a noun A) Anathema. B) Cooking. C) Thane. D) Means. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooking. 30. Why does Beowulf leave his sword on top of the mound? A) He won't need it to fight Grendel. B) He likes the way it looks. C) He forgets it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He won't need it to fight Grendel. 31. Who wrote Beowulf? A) John Milton. B) Unknown. C) William Shakespeare. D) J K Rowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unknown. 32. Who is the following quotation written about: "Beowulf's coming, his sea-braving, made him sick with envy:he could not avide the fact that anyone else alive under heaven might enjoy greater reward than he did ..... " A) Breca. B) Hrunting. C) Wiglaf. D) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unferth. 33. If a dish is embossed it is ..... A) Decorated with a design that stand out in relief. B) Causing public disgrace. C) Decorated to show fear. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decorated with a design that stand out in relief. 34. Beowulf's deeds require tremendous A) Trust. B) Courage. C) Humility. D) Wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Courage. 35. What role does Wiglaf play in Beowulf? A) Wiglaf plays the role of a coward who abandons Beowulf in his final battle. B) Wiglaf plays the role of a wise advisor who helps Beowulf in his final battle against the dragon. C) Wiglaf plays the role of a loyal warrior and the only one who helps Beowulf in his final battle against the dragon. D) Wiglaf plays the role of the main antagonist in Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wiglaf plays the role of a loyal warrior and the only one who helps Beowulf in his final battle against the dragon. 36. Sharpened (as a whetstone) A) Accordance. B) Glut. C) Whetted. D) Keen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whetted. 37. What type of poem is Beowulf? A) An Ode. B) A haiku. C) An Epic. D) A Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An Epic. 38. Why did people believe the arrival of the baby was Odin's doing? A) The baby's name tag said "from Odin". B) The baby was wearing a crown. C) The people had wished for a King and one appeared on the seashore with gold and swords heaped around him. D) The baby told them he came because of Odin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The people had wished for a King and one appeared on the seashore with gold and swords heaped around him. 39. The Anglo-Saxon period ended with the ..... A) Battle of the Bulge. B) Building of Hadrian's Wall. C) Norman Conquest. D) Collapse of the Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norman Conquest. 40. The story-teller 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. 41. A larger-than-life figure, typically noble; undertakes a quest A) Divine intervention. B) Epic. C) Epic hero. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic hero. 42. What was the name of the Anglo-Saxon belief meaning fate? A) Saeflod. B) Unweder. C) Lorde. D) Wyrd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wyrd. 43. Which of the following things was NOT important to the Anglo Saxons? A) Loyalty. B) Bravery. C) Looks. D) Family/kin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looks. 44. Kennings were a major part of ..... A) Symbolism. B) Characterization. C) Anglo Saxon literature. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anglo Saxon literature. 45. Which is an example of a kenning: A) The plane flew over Texas. B) The cave-guard breathed fire. C) Beowulf fought the big monster. D) My cute kitten ran up behind me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cave-guard breathed fire. 46. How long did Grendel's reign of terror last? A) 12 months. B) 6 years. C) 6 months. D) 12 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12 years. 47. Choose the best word, from this week's vocabulary list.Disintegrate A) Collapse. B) Collapsible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collapse. 48. To put out, extinguish, end A) Purport. B) Quench. C) Gorge. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quench. 49. Which of these five things is NOT specifically discussed feats that marks Beowulf as an epic hero? A) He is able to defeat the monster with his bare hands. B) He swims underwater for hours. C) He travels to Herot to defeat a monster out of bravery. D) He is able to pick up the sword that no one else can lift. E) He is able to be king after defeating the monsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) He is able to be king after defeating the monsters. 50. What is Beowulf's dying wish? A) For Wiglaf to bury his body under the mead hall. B) For Wiglaf to fetch the gold from the dragon's tower. C) To write an epic poem about Beowulf's life. D) To punish his cowardly thanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For Wiglaf to fetch the gold from the dragon's tower. 51. Who was Hygelac? A) Beowulf's father. B) Beowulf's king. C) One of Beowulf's warriors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf's king. 52. What does the drastic change of names in England reveal abouthistory? A) The nature of fads in baby names. B) The nature of nomadic tribes like the Anglo Saxons. C) The nature of conquering lands and establishing dominance. D) The nature of natural language change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The nature of conquering lands and establishing dominance. 53. Give the meaning:plummet A) Feathers on a bird. B) To disagree violently. C) A writing instrument used on a ship. D) A sharp drop down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A sharp drop down. 54. Which of the following is an example of a kenning? A) The wind sang through the trees. B) That was no easy feat. C) Whale-road. D) Kill Kevin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whale-road. 55. Communication happens in a two-way process. One speaker, and one listener. The lister will be required to provide response. What dimension of agility does the situation belong? A) Flexibility. B) Interpersonal Risk-Taking. C) Performance Risk-Taking. D) Feedback-Seeking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feedback-Seeking. 56. On p. 20, the author writes 'But she, softly keening, brooded upon Grendel'. The word 'keening' means ..... A) Grumbling. B) Groaning. C) Crying. D) Wailing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crying. 57. The King Arthur legends are full of stories of the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table.In this sentence, exploits means ..... A) Congratulations. B) Noble deeds. C) Gruesome acts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noble deeds. 58. Is a heroic poem, considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. A) Beowulf. B) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. 59. Beowulf's Hero Journey:Beowulf saves Hrothgar's kingdom is rewarded for his heroism. A) New Life. B) Result. C) Resolution. D) Crisis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Result. 60. Beowulf's body was put on a funeral pyre. The people ..... and mourned his death. A) Forgot. B) Wailed. 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