This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 30 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. People who suffered the murderous rampages of a terrible monster A) Grendel. B) Geats. C) Hrothgar. D) Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Danes. 2. Pick the best ANTONYM for the word relish A) Loathe. B) Corrupt. C) Lose. D) Decide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loathe. 3. Landowner who received his land from the king A) Wyrd. B) Thanes. C) Muse. D) Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thanes. 4. The monster who got mad and jealous at all of the fun being had was ..... A) Beowulf. B) Grendel. C) Wulfgar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel. 5. What is the meaning of the word "lair" in the context of a wild animal's habitat? A) A place of rest and relaxation. B) A hidden or secret dwelling. C) A type of food source. D) A loud and aggressive call. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hidden or secret dwelling. 6. What is the definition of mongering? A) Evil in nature, influence, or effect. B) Person or thing that causes great suffering. C) A seller of a specific commodity. D) A person or thing detested or loathed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A seller of a specific commodity. 7. The character Beowulf is considered the what? A) Protagonist. B) Flat Character. C) Round character. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 8. Why does Grendel target the mead hall? A) Grendel is seeking revenge for a past incident involving the mead hall. B) Grendel is envious of the joy and celebration happening inside the mead hall. C) Grendel wants to steal the treasure inside the mead hall. D) Grendel is attracted to the noise and commotion inside the mead hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel is envious of the joy and celebration happening inside the mead hall. 9. A passionate expression of grief or sorrow A) Lament. B) Affliction. C) Purge. D) Relish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lament. 10. What type of story is Beowulf? A) An Epic Poem. B) A narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An Epic Poem. 11. Why does Grendel attack the hall? A) He is greedy. B) He hates the sound of their laughter. C) The Geats stole his gems. D) He was trying to get his stolen bike back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He hates the sound of their laughter. 12. Repetition of syllable or consonant A) Epic hero. B) Epic. C) Cutting. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 13. Which of the following is a trait of an epic hero? A) They have an ordinary birth. B) The exhibit traits and qualities society looks up to. C) The run away when battles are too tough. D) Their actions don't really help anyone around them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The exhibit traits and qualities society looks up to. 14. The Epic of Beowul consists of ..... A) 4000 lines. B) 3000 lines. C) 3128 lines. D) 2000 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3128 lines. 15. What does Wiglaf mean by "Beowulf was Beowulf?" A) Beowulf was literally himself. B) Beowulf was a metaphor for himself. C) Beowulf was true to himself until the very end. D) Beowulf was a literal matryoshka doll. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf was true to himself until the very end. 16. He was ..... at the number of casualties that occured. A) August. B) Plight. C) Affliction. D) Wail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) August. 17. Grendel was his nemesis A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 18. To stuff or overfill A) Gorge. B) Lament. C) Talon. D) Purge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gorge. 19. Celts believed in ....., spirits are in everything, especially nature. A) Animism. B) Druids. C) Leprechauns. D) Mythology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animism. 20. Style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century A) Affliction. B) Docile. C) Baroque. D) Solace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baroque. 21. What did king Hygelac's court say about Beowulf when he was a boy? A) He was very wasteful. B) He would come to no good. C) He is a good boy. D) He looks like his dad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He would come to no good. 22. What is the term when we move through time; skipping over unimportant events that have no value to the story? A) Flashback. B) Flash forward. C) Time Heist. D) None of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flash forward. 23. How do the men celebrate the death of Grendel's mother? A) They carry Grendel's head back to Heorot. B) They eat Grendel infront of his mother. C) They go to ouback. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They carry Grendel's head back to Heorot. 24. What does this statement tell you about Grendel?"The monster's / Thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws" (lines 34-35). A) He is hungry. B) He has sharp claws. C) He is not trustworthy. D) He has intelligence and cleverness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has intelligence and cleverness. 25. Which historical period does Beowulf belong to? A) Renaissance. B) Old English. C) Victorian Era. D) Ancient Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old English. 26. What is the role of the dragon in Beowulf? A) The dragon is the final antagonist that Beowulf must defeat. B) The dragon is a minor character with no significant role. C) The dragon is a symbol of Beowulf's inner demons. D) The dragon is Beowulf's ally in his battles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dragon is the final antagonist that Beowulf must defeat. 27. What is the name of the magnificent mead-hall? A) Heorot. B) The choir. C) Hearot. D) Distorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heorot. 28. A large structure or hall where people gather to feast, socialize, drink, and listen to the bard perform and thereby preserve the history of the people. A) Marsh. B) Barrow. C) Mead-hall. D) Pyre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mead-hall. 29. What does "Herot" literally mean? A) Home. B) Happy. C) Heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart. 30. Which is NOT true? After defeating the mother, Beowulf A) Faces a new monster 50 years later. B) Returns to Sweden. C) Is rewarded by Hrothgar. D) Becomes king of the Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Becomes king of the Danes. 31. When discussing events in a book or story, always use the ..... tense, unless there is a shift in thetimeframe within the world of the text. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 32. The repetition of similar rhyming sounds at the beginning of words A) Alliteration. B) Cutting. C) Theory. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 33. What does Beowulf discover about the skin of the monster? A) It can't be broken by a blade. B) It is weak. C) It is slimy. D) It is armored. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can't be broken by a blade. 34. 5 Stages in Plot in Order A) Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution. B) Exposition Climax Rising Action Falling Action Resolution. C) Resolution Falling Action Climax Rising Action Exposition. D) Exposition Climax Rising Action Falling Action Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution. 35. Before this year, we were ..... by a losing streak. Now we're winning! A) Burnished. B) Lamented. C) Lauded. D) Afflicted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afflicted. 36. When you say that people have been ....., you usually mean that they've been invested with special religion-related powers. A) Proffered. B) Beset. C) Ordained. D) Renounced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ordained. 37. At the end of the poem, Beowulf's men honor him by A) Riding around his tower and proclaiming his greatness. B) Pledging their undying loyalty to Wiglaf. C) Building a mead hall in his memory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Riding around his tower and proclaiming his greatness. 38. What was the Green Knight's true identity? A) Lord Bertilak. B) Lady Bertilak. C) Morgan le Fay. D) King Arthur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Bertilak. 39. A ..... is someone who stands guard or watches against some intrusion or unwelcome activity. A) Exploit. B) Proffer. C) Sentry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentry. 40. Choose the best answer. An Epic story is in the form of ..... A) A song. B) In the news. C) Poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poem. 41. Which ruler was sad for his men according to these lines? "The man-ruler famous, The long-worthy atheling, sat very woful, Suffered great sorrow, sighed for his liegemen, A) Higelac. B) Grendel. C) Beowulf. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar. 42. A million dollars is no small amount is an example of A) Litotes. B) Alliteration. C) Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litotes. 43. People with ..... are determined and full of courage-and common sense, too. A) Gumption. B) Interloping. C) Venturesome. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gumption. 44. Hrunting is a ..... A) Sword. B) Hall. C) Town. D) Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sword. 45. Having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise A) Livid. B) Irony. C) Honor. D) Value. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Livid. 46. Existence of monsters is an example of mythology in Beowulf. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. What does Grendel's mother do to get revenge for her son? A) She casts a spell on all of the Geats. B) She makes fire rain from the sky. C) She asks Beowulf to apologize. D) She kills Hrothgar's best friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She kills Hrothgar's best friend. 48. Beowulf passed on his authority to Wiglaf. A) Brave. B) Physically Strong. C) Values Loyalty. D) Intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intelligent. 49. Someone who's ..... is ferociously hungry, like a wild animal. A) August. B) Languished. C) Ravening. D) Pagan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ravening. 50. To eat more than the necessary A) Gruesome. B) Gorge. C) Stalked. D) Lair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gorge. 51. Which theme fits best?-Beowulf always helps whenever he is needed A) Loyalty. B) Generosity. C) Reputation. D) Hospitality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generosity. 52. To supply somebody more than enough of something A) Accordance. B) Whetted. C) Keen. D) Glut. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glut. 53. Give the meaning:roused A) Defeated; broken. B) Awakened; stirred up. C) Being entertained by the wrong actions of another. D) Overwhelmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Awakened; stirred up. 54. "In his far-off home Beowulf, Higlac's Follower and the strongest of the Geats ..... Heard how Grendel filled nights with horror And quickly commanded a boat fitted out, ..... Would sail across the sea to Hrothgar, Now when help was needed." This quote best illustrates which EPIC hero trait? A) Embodies and protects community values. B) Possesses supernatural traits. C) Identifies a need to go on a quest. D) Carries themselves with confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Identifies a need to go on a quest. 55. At the beginning of this section, Beowulf is described as A) Coward and timid. B) Brave and famous. C) Mean and evil. D) Secretive and mysterious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brave and famous. 56. "He found them SPRAWLEDin SLEEP, SUSPECTING / nothing, " the capitalized portion representswhat? A) Alliteration. B) Theory. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 57. Absolutely trustworthy; unfailing; Certain A) Resolute. B) Assail. C) Theory. D) Infallible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infallible. 58. Which kenning contains alliteration? A) "shepherd of evil". B) "swan's way". C) "giver of gold". D) "hunter of men". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "giver of gold". 59. What is the narrator's commentary about the Danes' problem at the end of this section? A) The narrator says that Hrothgar and his people should have turned to God in their time of need. B) The narrator says that Hrothgar and his men should have gotten some backbone and faced Grendel. C) The narrator says that the Danes should have offered King Hrothgar as a sacrifice to Grendel. D) The narrator says that the Danes should have asked Mrs. Zorcik for advice on how to handle things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The narrator says that Hrothgar and his people should have turned to God in their time of need. 60. After his victory, what does Beowulf do with Grendel's arm? A) Beowulf buries Grendel's arm as a sign of respect. B) Beowulf returns Grendel's arm to Grendel's mother as a peace offering. C) Beowulf uses Grendel's arm as a weapon in his next battle. D) Beowulf hangs Grendel's arm as a trophy in Herot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf hangs Grendel's arm as a trophy in Herot. ← 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