This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 59 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word is a synonym (same) for perish? A) Create. B) Die. C) Ruler. D) Fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Die. 2. Beowulf believed that once someone or something became evil, no good could be found in it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Valuable object belonging to a family for generations A) Pyre. B) Heirloom. C) Immemorial. D) Le samurai family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heirloom. 4. Making twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body A) Purge. B) Cowering. C) Infamous. D) Writhing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writhing. 5. Beowulf slays Grendel in order to ..... A) Keep Herot from being destroyed. B) To protect his family and defend his throne. C) Carry off the treasure in Grendel's lair. D) Prevent Grendel from invading the land of the Geats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep Herot from being destroyed. 6. Through the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Alfred promoted the use of written- A) Old English. B) Danish. C) Celtic. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old English. 7. Why does Grendel initially attack Herot? A) Beowulf killed his mother. B) He had not eaten for hundreds of years. C) He hears and hates their music and singing. D) Hrothgar stole his pogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He hears and hates their music and singing. 8. Expression of grief, weeping A) Manifest. B) Lamentation. C) Barge. D) Ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lamentation. 9. Which answer below is NOT a difference between the dragon and the giants he fought for the Danes? A) Beowulf had to go to his lair to fight him. B) He was the only one to successfully wound Beowulf. C) He was cursed, not inherently evil. D) Beowulf had help in the actually death blows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf had to go to his lair to fight him. 10. The only warrior to help Beowulf fight the dragon A) Wiglaf. B) Hrothgar. C) Grendel. D) Thor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wiglaf. 11. The woman at the counter was such a ....., she did not smile at a single customer and appeared to be very unhappy. A) Inhabits. B) Wretch. C) Inarticulate. D) Dreary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wretch. 12. How long has Grendel been at war with humans in Chapter 1? A) Twelve Years. B) Fifteen Years. C) Five Years. D) Twenty Years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twelve Years. 13. How did Sigmund and Filtela make their way on to the island? A) Sigmund threw Fitela to the island using his immense strength and Fitela distracted the dragon until Sigmund arrived. B) Sigmund rowed a boat while Fitela held an ocean colored sheet to disguise themselves from the dragon. C) Sigmund distracted the dragon by pretending to be a whale while Fitela swam around the back of the island. D) They took a cab. Duh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sigmund distracted the dragon by pretending to be a whale while Fitela swam around the back of the island. 14. Grendel's mother took what from the mead hall A) Grendel's arm. B) Hrothgar's helmet. C) Their mead supply. D) Beowulf's sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel's arm. 15. A story told through music and song, usually concerned with romance or adventure A) Ballad. B) Fable. C) Fairy tale. D) Folklore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 16. Fill in the blank:The elusive predator had established its ..... in the heart of the dense forest, where it could survey its territory with stealthy precision. A) Gorging. B) Reparations. C) Laments. D) Lair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lair. 17. Disgraceful, shameful A) Raven. B) Ignominious. C) Prowess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ignominious. 18. Which of the following is NOT a definition of retainer? A) An apparatus that holds something, like teeth, in place. B) A fee paid in advance to something to secure their services. C) A servant who has worked for a person or family for a long time. D) The boss of a large corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The boss of a large corporation. 19. How many men did Beowulf take with him to fight Grendel? A) Fourteen. B) Sixteen. C) Twelve. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fourteen. 20. An antonym for this word is energetic. A) Malicious. B) Fen. C) Despair. D) Weary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weary. 21. Which term is NOT a synonym for STURDY? A) Strong. B) Hearty. C) Unhealthy. D) Stout. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unhealthy. 22. What figure from the Bible is Grendel connected to? A) Cain. B) Hrothgar. C) Unferth. D) David. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cain. 23. Look to my example:"I wish I could just click my heels." is a (a) allusion. A) Biblical. B) Historical. C) Mythological. D) A literal tagsFigurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A literal tagsFigurative Language. 24. Retaliate means to: A) Remark. B) Recollect. C) Redeem. D) Revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revenge. 25. Which poetic device is a metaphorical compound word or phrase substituted for a thing or a name? A) Alliteration. B) Cesura. C) Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 26. Who would have Beowulf liked to have given his armor to? A) To his uncle. B) To his son, if he had one. C) To Hrgother. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To his son, if he had one. 27. What were the prominent characteristics of Epic Poetry? A) Bravery and Valor. B) Battle and Celebration. C) Good versus Evil. D) Beowulf encountering Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bravery and Valor. 28. Renounce means to: A) Remember. B) Respect. C) Revise. D) Resign. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resign. 29. The subject or idea that is raised in a story A) Narrative. B) Story. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 30. How many prologues Beowulf contain? A) 42 subsequent books. B) 43 subsequent books. C) 41 subsequent books. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 43 subsequent books. 31. Which character serves as Beowulf's mentor? A) Hrothgar. B) Grendel. C) Wiglaf. D) Edgetheow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar. 32. . The conflict between Christian and heroic values is a sense of tension within this epic poem A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Kevin had a ..... and had to be taken in away in an ambulance. A) Positive deviation. B) Fate. C) Boast. D) Abduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive deviation. 34. Using the sentence below, the correct definition of fen is:The music of the harp and the happy shouting of the warriors echoed out across the dark fen and drowned the crying of birds that flew in the night. A) A high mountain area. B) A night sky. C) A low, swampy, flooded area of wetland. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A low, swampy, flooded area of wetland. 35. Why do so few pieces of literature remain from this time period? A) The Christian missionaries burned everything pagan. B) The Anglo-Saxons had no form of written language. C) Poems were originally sung rather than written down. D) Everything was destroyed when the British Library flooded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poems were originally sung rather than written down. 36. Fate plays a major part in the Anglo-Saxon pagan culture. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Beowulf's only loyal follower is A) Ashes. B) Hygelac. C) Wealhtheow. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wiglaf. 38. Mourn:grieve, ache for, anguish A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 39. Grendel is not human. Thus, A) He stands at the threshold of becoming. B) Fear of him is really a kind of desire. C) He polices the borders of the possible. D) He dwells at the gates of difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He dwells at the gates of difference. 40. Descendant; heir A) Sage. B) Scion. C) Bequeath. D) Fomented. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scion. 41. Great Britain has been invaded and settled by all of the following peoples except- A) Normans. B) Greeks. C) Romans. D) Vikings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greeks. 42. The root word "dic" means ..... A) To speak. B) To try. C) To take. D) To connect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To speak. 43. What are some examples of good vs. evil in Beowulf? A) Beowulf's battles against Grendel's cousin, Grendel's aunt, and the wyrm. B) Beowulf's battles against Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon. C) Beowulf's alliances with Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon. D) Beowulf's battles against Grendel's father, Grendel's sister, and the serpent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf's battles against Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon. 44. What does Beowulf ask Hrothgar to do if he dies in battle? A) Take care of his wife. B) Send his treasure back to Higlac. C) Promote Unferth. D) Take care of his children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Send his treasure back to Higlac. 45. Pick the best ANTONYM for he word purge A) Group together. B) Fight. C) Clear. D) Hoard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hoard. 46. Beowulf's Hero Journey:Beowulf crosses the sea with his men. A) Trials. B) Crisis. C) Approach. D) Departure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Departure. 47. The ship foamed through the sea like a bird A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. E) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 48. What does Grendel hate the sound of? A) The preacher's sermons. B) The warriors' battle cry. C) The voice of the king bragging. D) The voices of men singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The voices of men singing. 49. What was the importance of Beowulf's arrival? A) To fight Grendel. B) To have a tea party. C) To have a meeting with Hrothgar. D) To be one of Hrothgar's knight's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To fight Grendel. 50. Which of the words in the list is the correct term for the definition shown below? (ELAGSE11-12L4; DOK1) unable to read or write A) Inventive. B) Illiterate. C) Ascendance. D) Hereditary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illiterate. 51. What makes Grendel so angy? A) The songs of Creation. B) Pagan songs. C) The arrival of Beowulf. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The songs of Creation. 52. When Beowulf arrived at King Hrothgar's banquet, who questioned his ability to fight Grendel? A) Heardred. B) Hygelac. C) Unferth. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unferth. 53. Who was angry about defeating Grendel? A) Ashes. B) Hrothgar. C) Unferth. D) His men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unferth. 54. Beowulf became king when ..... died. A) Higlac. B) Geat. C) Unferth. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Higlac. 55. Beowulf takes place in A) South America. B) Arabia. C) Scotland. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denmark. 56. Beowulf is one of the earliest pieces in English literature? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 57. Which of the following options is NOT a synonym for reparation? A) Repayment. B) Atonement. C) Payment. D) Chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chain. 58. Which of these events lead to the introduction of some Latin words into Old English? A) Unification of Anglo-Saxan Empires. B) Collapse of the Roman Empire. C) Christianization of England. D) Attack of the Fire Nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christianization of England. 59. What is Beowulf's main problem when fighting Grendel's mother? A) She has powers and casts a spell on him. B) His sword is useless against her. C) He cannot see in the darkness of her hall. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His sword is useless against her. 60. Give an example of a literary device used in the prologue of Beowulf. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. ← 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