This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 51 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the only one who comes to help Beowulf against the dragon? A) Brecca. B) Wiglaf. C) Unferth. D) Higlac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wiglaf. 2. What does " TAUT " mean? A) Tense or tightly flexed. B) To eliminate or wash away. C) Something that causes suffering or pain. D) A journey to a historical or religious site. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tense or tightly flexed. 3. Which of the following is NOT required for the paper heading of an APA style work? A) The due date. B) The school's name. C) Your teacher's name. D) Your name. E) The title of the assignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The due date. 4. Shared by or involving three parties A) Alliteration. B) Tripartite. C) Dichotomy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tripartite. 5. All of these are supernatural forces included in epic poetry EXCEPT: A) Human deeds. B) Angels. C) Gods. D) Demons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human deeds. 6. In the last battle, Beowulf has ruled as the A) King of the Danes. B) King of the Geats. C) King of the Anglo-Saxons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King of the Geats. 7. In the opening lines of Beowulf, it is clear that Shield is a king to be admired A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Luna, Zoe, and Henry are playing a word game. They came across a word that means 'Loss of hope'. Can you help them figure it out? A) Despair. B) Lurk. C) Mead. D) Weary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Despair. 9. Which is an example of a powerful adjective used to describe Grendel's sinful qualities? A) 'Greedy'. B) 'Demon'. C) 'God-cursed'. D) 'Grim'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'God-cursed'. 10. "Grasped at a strong-hearted wakeful sleeper" (Which best identifies line 270?) A) Theory. B) Limerick. C) Haiku. D) Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory. 11. What, according to Beowulf, is better than mourning a death? A) Drinking one's sorrows away. B) Making peace with one's enemies. C) Celebrating a birth. D) Avenging a death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avenging a death. 12. Beowulf asked Wiglaf to A) Punish all the nobles who had run away from the dragon. B) Take care of his horse. C) Bury his bones on a mountain top. D) Show him the treasures from the dragon's cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Show him the treasures from the dragon's cave. 13. "By morning; the monster's mind was hot" (This is an example of a(n) ..... ) A) Pun. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 14. How man warriors does Beowulf take with him? A) 100. B) 50. C) 14. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 15. A poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost. A) Epic. B) Sonnet. C) Elegy. D) Cesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elegy. 16. What does Wiglaf's fighting the dragon tell you about the importance of honor in the Anglo-Saxon period? A) A warrior protects his king even at the risk of his own life. B) A king's greatness is measured by how much his people love him. C) Courage is knowing when an enemy's threat is too great. D) Fighting to the death is the only way to be immortalized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A warrior protects his king even at the risk of his own life. 17. In the Late Middle Ages, the first British king to speak English didn't reign until A) 1327-1377. B) 1377-1397. C) 1327-1357. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1327-1377. 18. The name of the hall that Grendel attacks is called ..... A) Hall's Chophouse. B) Heron. C) Carnegie Hall. D) Distorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distorted. 19. A synonym for ignominious would be ..... A) Honor. B) Humiliating. C) Honor. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humiliating. 20. Epic poetry of this time period consisted of: A) It contains four stressed syllables. B) It contains four unstressed syllables. C) It has two consecutive stressed syllables followed by a series of alternating stressed andunstressed syllables. D) It consists of four metrical feet that each have one stressed syllable followed by oneunstressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It consists of four metrical feet that each have one stressed syllable followed by oneunstressed syllable. 21. Type of characterization where the author tells us directly how a character is A) Motivation. B) Theory. C) Indirect. D) Direct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct. 22. What seems to be the reason Grendel first attacks? A) He hates their happiness. B) He is afraid of them. C) He wants to find some friends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hates their happiness. 23. One of the dimensions of agility that means testing out new ideas. A) Experimenting. B) Thriving. C) Reflecting. D) Collaborating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experimenting. 24. Choose a synonym for the word grim A) Squishy. B) Uninviting. C) Funny. D) Welcoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uninviting. 25. Nature had made him mean, the smallpox had made him hideous, and his degraded habits made him ..... A) Livid. B) Famous. C) Talon. D) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loathsome. 26. At what age were Anglo-Saxon children viewed as adults? A) 16. B) 18. C) 13. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10. 27. Grendel and his mother live at the bottom of a lake. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Anglo-Saxon poetry was A) Written down on scrolls. B) Sung. C) Put on cave walls. D) Played on guitars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sung. 29. During this time, traveling entertainers told the story of Beowulf. What were these traveling entertainers called? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK1) A) Thanes. B) Scopes. C) Geats. D) Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scopes. 30. Complete this sentence with one of the following words:He was ..... at the number of casualties that occurred. A) Lothesome. B) Wail. C) August. D) Unrelenting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) August. 31. Something that causes pain or suffering A) Purge. B) Affliction. C) Writhing. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affliction. 32. Mead is made from ..... is similar to ..... A) Agave; tequila. B) Grapes; wine. C) Hops; beer. D) Honey; wine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Honey; wine. 33. An antonym of reparations is A) Rewards. B) Luxuries. C) Repairs. D) Fines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rewards. 34. How many works were found with Beowulf? A) 3. B) 2. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 35. The second time Beowulf received an offer to be the king ..... A) He ran away in fear again. B) He accepted. C) He agreed but only for the next 5 years. D) He suggested that the king's brother take over instead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He accepted. 36. Grendel terrorizes Hrothgar's Hall for A) Six winters. B) Twelve winters. C) Eighteen winters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twelve winters. 37. How does Beowulf's fate affect the outcome of the story? A) Beowulf's fate determines his victory over the dragon and his death. B) Beowulf's fate has no impact on the outcome of the story. C) Beowulf's fate leads to his defeat against the dragon. D) Beowulf's fate results in his victory over Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf's fate determines his victory over the dragon and his death. 38. Who was "weaving a victory" on the war loom? A) Hygelac. B) God. C) Hrothgar. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) God. 39. A thane is expected to give ..... during times of war and peace. A) Resources. B) Loyalty. C) Food. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loyalty. 40. Which group of people did the story of Beowulf come from? A) Anglo-Saxons. B) Vikings. C) Normans. D) Britons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anglo-Saxons. 41. Grendel taunted Hrothgar's kingdom for how long? A) 13 years. B) 12 years. C) 24 months. D) 5 summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12 years. 42. How will Beowulf fight the Grendel A) Sword. B) Sword and shield. C) Javelin. D) Bare hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bare hands. 43. "Cain's clan, whom the creator had outlawed and condemned as outcasts" is mostly an example of which poetic device? A) Alliteration. B) Theory. C) Cesura. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 44. Beowulf is a member of the ..... A) Anglo-Saxons. B) Danes. C) Vikings. D) Geats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geats. 45. Boasting is to ..... A) Talk about yourself in a positive way. B) To draw. C) To help others. D) To hate yourself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talk about yourself in a positive way. 46. What is elegiac poetry? A) Describes the deeds of warriors and rulers. B) Laments the deaths of loved ones and the passing of earlier, better times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laments the deaths of loved ones and the passing of earlier, better times. 47. Beowulf defeated Grendel's mother using what weapon? A) Karambit knife. B) Magical sword. C) Bow and arrow. D) Catapult. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catapult. 48. Which of the words in the list is the correct term for the definition shown below? (ELAGSE11-12L4; DOK1) The process of adopting the language and culture of a dominant social group or nation, or the state of being socially integrated into the culture of the dominant group in a society. A) Illiterate. B) Inventive. C) Assimilation. D) Ascendance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 49. A specialized metaphor made of compound words is a(n) ..... A) Artistic license. B) Theory. C) Motivation. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 50. Harrowing:distress, mortify, torment A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 51. Select an allusion you would expect to recognize in the Beowulf poem. A) I would expect to recognize an allusion to Shakespeare. B) I would expect to recognize an allusion to the bible. C) I would expect to recognize an allusion to Old English. D) I would expect to recognize an allusion to gladiator customs. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I would expect to recognize an allusion to the bible. 52. Adjectives that point out special traits of particular people or things. A) Dialogue. B) Scopes. C) Epic. D) Stock epithets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stock epithets. 53. This Danish king is plagued by Cain's hideous offspring. A) Wealtheow. B) Hrothgar. C) Wexstan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hrothgar. 54. Why does no one realize that Grendel has attacked until morning? A) He was very quiet. B) He attacked in the morning. C) They were sleeping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were sleeping. 55. Which of the following lines does NOT demonstrate Beowulf's characteristics as an epic hero? A) "'I've never known fear, as a youth I fought in endless battles." ' (lines 608-9). B) " the strongest of the Geats-greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world-" (lines 110-11). C) " he knows of your noble birth and that having come to him from over the open sea you have come bravely " (lines 128-30). D) "I have heard, too, that the monster's scorn of men is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none." (lines 166-68). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I have heard, too, that the monster's scorn of men is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none." (lines 166-68). 56. Riddle:I'm a word of letters three, add two, and fewer there will be. What am I? A) Eye. B) No. C) One. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I. 57. Where a burial ship was uncovered A) Denmark. B) Dr. Strange's lair. C) New Mexico. D) Sutton Hoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sutton Hoo. 58. Who is author of the Epic Poem? A) John Steinbeck. B) An unknown Monk. C) Prince Voldemort. D) Mr Wulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An unknown Monk. 59. After listening to the opening lines of Beowulf, who is the famous king referred to? A) Shield Sheafson. B) Odysseus. C) Gilgamesh. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shield Sheafson. 60. Who is stronger:Beowulf or Bilbo? A) Beowulf. B) Bilbo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. ← 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