This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 46 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As a gesture of ..... for the accident, the company offered to cover all medical expenses. A) Fetter. B) Herald. C) Reparation. D) Reproach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reparation. 2. What does writhing mean in context? " ..... his claws had been caught, he was trapped. That trip to Herot was a miserable journey for the writhing monster!" A) Running away terrified. B) Unsuccessful. C) Twisting, squirming in pain. D) Hapless, hopeless, joyless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twisting, squirming in pain. 3. Beowulf was composed by what ancient culture? A) Anglo-Saxon. B) Germanic. C) Celtic. D) Roman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anglo-Saxon. 4. The epic is affected by interventions by otherworldy forces such as gods/goddesses, demons, angels, nature.etc. A) Involvement of the supernatural. B) Legendary Hero. C) Multiple Settings. D) Superhuman strength and valor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involvement of the supernatural. 5. Where do the Danes like to celebrate? A) Higlac. B) Huguenot. C) Hrothgar. D) Distorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distorted. 6. Wiglaf said, "It often happens that an entire country will ..... because of the will of one man." A) Flourish and grow. B) Avenge. C) Suffer. D) Conquer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffer. 7. Who figures prominently in Beowulf and other Old English poems? A) The demi god. B) The seafarer warrior. C) The Amazon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The seafarer warrior. 8. What do Hrothgar's counselors try to do to stop Grendel? A) Write to Beowulf to ask for assistance. B) Make offerings to idols at pagan shrines. C) Advise Hrothgar to move to a new place far away from Grendel. D) Offer Grendel treasure as a bribe to stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make offerings to idols at pagan shrines. 9. A ..... is a larger-than-life character whose accomplishments reflect a people's values and way of life. A) Legendary Hero. B) Warrior. C) Main Character. D) Person of interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legendary Hero. 10. The only weapon the fierce monster Grendel possessed was his ..... A) Talon. B) Taut. C) Affliction. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talon. 11. The attitude of the speaker A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Suspense. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 12. Beowulf's body is A) Sent to sea on a burning boat. B) Burned on a great pyre. C) Burned and buried with the treasure. D) Enchanted with magic to become a draugr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burned and buried with the treasure. 13. Choose a synonym for the word foe A) Helper. B) Friend. C) Leader. D) Enemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enemy. 14. Which term fits in this sentence:I didn't want to ....., but I did exceptionally well on my college entrance exam. A) Boast. B) Endow. C) Laud. D) Thrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boast. 15. What was the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle? A) A yearbook. B) A year by year account of events. C) A farmer's almanac. D) A list of taxes and property. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A year by year account of events. 16. How does Welthow feel about Beowulf's visit? A) Pleased with his words. B) Vexed by Beowulf's adventurous spirit. C) God must decide. D) Shed tears and laments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pleased with his words. 17. The knights killed the fire-breathing ..... and made the kingdom safe for everyone. A) Purge. B) Rancorous. C) Loathsome. D) Fiend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiend. 18. One's fate or destiny is called: A) Synecdoche. B) Wergild. C) Wyrd. D) Floating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wyrd. 19. Beowulf rips ..... arm off and beats his with the "wet end." A) Grendal. B) Grendal's Mother. C) Wulfgar. D) The Dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendal. 20. What is the definition of SHROUD? A) A force that oppresses or causes suffering. B) Given birth to. C) To stuff with food; glut. D) Cloth in which dead bodies are wrapped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cloth in which dead bodies are wrapped. 21. Who is the king in Beowulf? A) Grendel. B) Wiglaf. C) Beowulf. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar. 22. How Beowulf upsets GrendeL: A) With the light. B) With noise. C) With the fire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With noise. 23. Based on the text, what is most likely the author's view of paganism? A) It is viewed as the world's true religion. B) It is a false religion that offends Christianity. C) It is Grendel's religion. D) It is the cause of the Danes' troubles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a false religion that offends Christianity. 24. The warriors said there will be a better warrior than Beowulf one day. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. What is Beowulf's country? A) Scyld. B) Geats. C) Hygelac. D) Breca. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geats. 26. Which term is NOT a synonym for PROWESS? A) Accomplishment. B) Talent. C) Genius. D) Weakness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weakness. 27. How does Beowulf's battle with the dragon reflect his character? A) Arrogance, recklessness, and impulsiveness. B) Indecisiveness, laziness, and apathy. C) Bravery, courage, and self-sacrifice. D) Fear, cowardice, and selfishness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bravery, courage, and self-sacrifice. 28. What motivates King Hrothgar's decision to seek Beowulf's help? A) Envy of Beowulf's strength. B) Concern for his people and recognition of Beowulf's exceptional qualities. C) Fear of Grendel's mother. D) Desire for treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concern for his people and recognition of Beowulf's exceptional qualities. 29. What does Beowulf want to be built for him after he dies? A) A grave. B) A tomb. C) A cave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tomb. 30. Range of colors and shades used by an illustrator A) Panel. B) Perspective. C) Palette. D) Angle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palette. 31. How does the watchman react when he sees Beowulf and his crew arriving on the Danish coast? A) He attacks them immediately. B) He asks them to leave immediately. C) He admires their armor and courage and believes Beowulf is a noble hero. D) He tries the capture them and hold them as prisoners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He admires their armor and courage and believes Beowulf is a noble hero. 32. What does Hrothgar call his mead hall? A) Heorot. B) Hrunting. C) Barrow. D) Wyrd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heorot. 33. What was the most important relationship for Anglo Saxon people? A) Between husband and wife. B) Between warrior and his lord. C) Between people and their king. D) Between mother and child. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between warrior and his lord. 34. Beowulf finds comfort in his last moments in all of the following EXCEPT: A) The understanding that he left his people well provided for. B) The fact that he defeated all his enemies he ever fought. C) The knowledge that his son would take over for him after his death. D) The awareness that even in death he proved wrong anyone who ever doubted his skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The knowledge that his son would take over for him after his death. 35. What is the point of the tale of Sigemund the Dragon Slayer that is in italics on pages 59 and 61? A) To show Beowulf the kind of leader he does not want to be. B) To show Beowulf the leader he would eventually become if he was led down a wrong path. C) To show Beowulf an excellent example of a leader. D) The first two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The first two. 36. "May one so valiant and ..... come unharmed through the clash of battle." A) Rampant. B) Plight. C) Herald. D) Venturesome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venturesome. 37. The decision of Beowulf to fight Grendel barehanded can be seen as: A) A sign of underestimating his enemy. B) A demonstration of pride. C) Reckless. D) A strategic move. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A demonstration of pride. 38. Which of the following is NOT used to describe Hrothgar? A) "Great King". B) "Healfdane's Son". C) "High Prince and Protector". D) "Glorious Wounder". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Glorious Wounder". 39. What is the King's name in the text "Beowulf" ? A) Edgetheow. B) Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hrothgar. 40. The concept of 'wyrd' can be present in Christianity in what way? A) Believing in multiple gods and goddesses. B) Believing that God can control our destiny. C) Believing that man is nothing without God. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believing that God can control our destiny. 41. In the Anglo-Saxon culture loyalty to the leader and tribe were important to survival. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. The poem dates back to A) In the 20th century. B) 2000 BC. C) During the Renaissance. D) About 1500 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About 1500 years ago. 43. Anglo-Saxons were a ..... people. A) Slavic. B) Celtic. C) Germanic. D) Roman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germanic. 44. "Unferth drew his dagger. Beowulf swiftly handed him an apple. 'I don't peel them, myself, ' he said. 'Things seem to lose something with their skins off, don't you think? But every man to his own taste." ' A) Personification. B) Pun. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 45. Which of these things is true of the Mead Hall? A) It had no windows, only heavy doors. B) It was dark, smoky, and smelly inside. C) It was the center of social life for the thanes. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are true. 46. Where does Beowulf choose to keep Grendel's severed arm? A) On top of his mantel at home. B) At the bottom of a lake so Grendel will never get it back. C) He gives it back to Grendel as a peace offering. D) He hangs it from the rafters of Herot Hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He hangs it from the rafters of Herot Hall. 47. Uses simple everyday language to tell an extraordinary story A) Monks. B) Epic poem. C) Vernacular art. D) Pagans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vernacular art. 48. Who greets Beowulf on the shore? A) Pirates. B) The Night Watch. C) Hrothgar. D) Hrothgar's coastal guard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar's coastal guard. 49. How many years did the Danes suffer from Grendel's attack? A) 12. B) 7. C) 10. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 50. An affliction is a A) Feeling of courage. B) Way of conquering fear. C) Journey through darkness. D) Force that causes suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Force that causes suffering. 51. Beowulf is killed by Grendel's mother A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. According to the text, which of the following descriptions best characterizes Shield and his descendants? A) They are overly trusting of the Danes' goodness. B) They are indifferent to their people's suffering. C) They are tyrannical and rule with an iron-fist. D) They are honorable, well-loved rulers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are honorable, well-loved rulers. 53. Which one is NOT an Anglo-Saxon Value A) Wealth. B) Honor. C) Loyalty. D) Courage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wealth. 54. Community tradition/historical information passed down by word of mouth A) Boast. B) Hoard. C) Oral Tradition. D) Transience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oral Tradition. 55. "I will fight again, seek fame still. If the Dragon hiding in his tower dares to face me." This quote is evidence of A) Beowulf's promise. B) Beowulf's desire for a wife. C) Beowulf's desire for fame. D) Beowulf's modest opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf's desire for fame. 56. Beowulf's Hero Journey:Beowulf is a warrior of the Geats. A) The status quo. B) Call to Adventure. C) Departure. D) Trials. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The status quo. 57. Turn aside; change something's course by coming in contact with it. A) Vied. B) Recompense. C) Lament. D) Deflect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deflect. 58. Anglo-Saxon culture was not democratic. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 59. Anglo-Saxon poets were called A) Minstrels. B) Scops. C) Bards. D) Jugglers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scops. 60. The setting for Beowulf is A) Britannia in the 6th century. B) Scandinavia in the 6th Centruy. C) Britannia in the 5th Centruy. 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