This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 63 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the portagonist of the poem? A) Geatish hero. B) Beowulf hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geatish hero. 2. Which state of the Hero's Journey did these happen in Beowulf?Warriors join Beowulf. A) Ordinary World. B) Call to Adventure. C) Assistance. D) First Trial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assistance. 3. What did Beowulf do during the time of peace? A) He was a beekeeper. B) He took over and ruled as king. C) He left to fight another monster. D) He became a farmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was a beekeeper. 4. What simile is used to describe the soldiers? A) The soldiers are compared to a well-oiled machine. B) The soldiers are compared to a cat. C) The soldiers are compared to the monster. D) The soldiers are said to be as good as their weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The soldiers are said to be as good as their weapons. 5. Why did Hrothgar's loyalty to Beowulf falter? A) Hrothgar's loyalty did not wain. B) He showed arrogance by taking Grendel's head as a trophy. C) Beowulf could not defeat Grendel's mother. D) Beowulf was taking too long in the battle with Grendel's mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf was taking too long in the battle with Grendel's mother. 6. "Sky-borne foe" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Theory. C) Assonance. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 7. In the feudal system, ? provided food. A) The King. B) Nobles. C) Knights. D) Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peasants. 8. Word that means to show a disrespectful attitude A) Fawning. B) Derogatory. C) Cringe. D) Bemused. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derogatory. 9. What is a quotation? A) The repetition of the same word. B) When two words end in the same sound. C) The direct words from someone. D) The repetition of the same letter or sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The direct words from someone. 10. Literature written down in English began to evolve in Britain with the coming of ..... A) The Normans. B) Christian missionaries. C) The Angles. D) The Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christian missionaries. 11. Character that corresponds to the work Beowulf. A) Roland. B) Carlomagno. C) Grendel. D) El Cid. E) Arturo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel. 12. In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England and brought all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) Bath houses. B) His court. C) A new language. D) Feudalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bath houses. 13. Who or what is Hrunting? A) A town. B) A sword. C) A monster. D) A king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sword. 14. (noun) a force that oppresses or causes suffering. A) Lair. B) Infamous. C) Affliction. D) Gorge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affliction. 15. What is the following sentence an obvious example of? "Great bodies beating at its beautiful walls" A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) AKening. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 16. Avery, Hannah, and Benjamin are playing a game where they need to guess the meaning of the word 'Vengeance'. Can you help them out? A) A big smelly person. B) Asking a lot of questions. C) Filled with happiness. D) A desire for revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A desire for revenge. 17. How does Beowulf plan on battling Grendel? A) He plans on only using his bare hands, no weapons or armor. B) He plans on using the sharpest sword he can find. C) He plans on having his men do all the work while Beowulf just watches. D) He plans on shooting laser beams from his eyes to melt Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He plans on only using his bare hands, no weapons or armor. 18. Weak, very tired, exhausted A) Lurked. B) Despair. C) Malicious. D) Weary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weary. 19. What else suggests that Beowulf is not your usual hero? A) His incredible good looks. B) His supernatural strength and ability to defeat foes with is bare hands. C) His extraordinary thinking skills. D) His legendary use of a secret superpower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His supernatural strength and ability to defeat foes with is bare hands. 20. Cristian is preparing for a challenging task. Which word most closely means the action he is about to take? A) Inanimate. B) Endeavor. C) Wretch. D) Inarticulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endeavor. 21. This bond between a king and his soldiers is the basis of both the Danes and Geats societies. A) Hrunting. B) Mead. C) Company. D) Scop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Company. 22. Why does Beowulf want to help the Danes? A) He wants a trophy to add to his collection. B) Because he wants to bring honor to himself and his people. C) Because he respects them. D) Because he is worried about them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he wants to bring honor to himself and his people. 23. To find acceptable A) Boltered. B) Tolerate. C) Abide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abide. 24. The loud music and partying in Herot caused a great ..... for Grendel. A) Affliction. B) Livid. C) Lair. D) Talon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affliction. 25. Grendel plagued Hrothgar's people for how many years? A) 2. B) 12. C) 20. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 26. Select the correct term for the following definition:known widely and usually unfavorably A) Exalted. B) Infamous. C) Livid. D) Imperious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infamous. 27. What solution did the Danes have for surviving Grendel's horrific, deadly attacks? A) Hiding in the basement of Herot. B) Creating a ring of fire around Herot. C) Leaving Herot and hiding far away. D) Defending Herot no mather what happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leaving Herot and hiding far away. 28. What was the name of the king who died? A) Uther. B) Ector. C) Arthur. D) Charles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uther. 29. What was Siegfried's weak point? A) The neck. B) The back. C) Arm. D) The heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The back. 30. "Swan-road" is an example of what? A) Alliteration. B) Theory. C) Rhythm. D) Cesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 31. What Danish king is named in the beginning lines of Beowulf? A) Gilgamesh. B) Shield Sheafson. C) Beowulf. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shield Sheafson. 32. What makes Beowulf "no usual kind of hero" A) He admits his weaknesses. B) He turns his weaknesses into strengths. C) Both answers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both answers. 33. If someone sought solace in their religion during a time of distress they most likely are getting A) Disgrace. B) Growth. C) Understanding. D) Comfort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comfort. 34. What other country shares an island with England? A) Ireland. B) Norway. C) Northern Ireland. D) Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scotland. 35. Evokes emotions such as worry, anxiety, fear and stress on the part of both the reader and the characters in a novel A) Honor. B) Tension. C) Irony. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tension. 36. Beowulf and how many other men came to the assistance of the Danes? A) 14. B) 10. C) 18. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14. 37. The cat preens itself by licking its fur.In this sentence, preen means ..... A) To groom with care. B) To stand guard. C) To take advantage of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To groom with care. 38. Beowulf was not affected by the sea monster's ..... as they tried to claw their way past his armor. A) Afflictions. B) Lair. C) Gorge. D) Talons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talons. 39. A soldier or guard whose job it is to stand and keep watch A) Culprit. B) Fiend. C) Sentinel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentinel. 40. Which of the words in the list is the correct term for the definition shown below? (ELAGSE11-12L4; DOK1) The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. A) Inventive. B) Pagan. C) Hereditary. D) Ascendance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ascendance. 41. Dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist A) Cowering. B) Murky. C) Taut. D) Infamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Murky. 42. Did Beowulf use a sword to defeat Grendel? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 43. How does the fight in the lake contrast with the fight with Grendel? A) Beowulf uses weapons in the lake and the opponent doesn't show fear. B) Beowulf uses weapons in the lake and the opponent shows fear. C) Beowulf doesn't use any weapons, and they are useless against both monsters. D) Beowulf doesn't use any weapons, but the opponent does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf uses weapons in the lake and the opponent doesn't show fear. 44. It examines complications found within a capitalist system, including social structures, wealth disparities and class hierarchies. A) HISTORICAL. B) MARXIST. C) MORALIST. D) FORMALIST. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MARXIST. 45. Asserts that most "literature" throughout time has been written by men, for men. A) Feminism. B) Masculinity. C) Feminist. D) Masculine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feminist. 46. Malignant:kind, harmless, benevolent A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonym. 47. What was the date of the Norman Conquest? A) 1492 A.D. B) 1066 A.D. C) 100 A.D. D) 349 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1066 A.D. 48. How does the theme of fate and destiny play a role in Beowulf's mission? A) Beowulf believes that he can control his destiny through his actions. B) Beowulf believes that fate will determine the outcome of the battle with Grendel. C) Beowulf dismisses the idea of fate as irrelevant. D) Beowulf believes that Grendel's fate is already sealed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf believes that fate will determine the outcome of the battle with Grendel. 49. Anglo Saxons believed that ..... could only be gained through loyalty to the leader. A) Fame. B) Success. C) Survival. D) ALL of the other answers apply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL of the other answers apply. 50. Grendel's father sought revenge against Beowulf. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 51. What is the definition of PURGE? A) A force that oppresses or causes suffering. B) To cleanse or rid of something undesirable. C) Cloth in which dead bodies are wrapped. D) Given birth to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cleanse or rid of something undesirable. 52. What does Grendel hate humanity? A) He is an outcast member of the nobility. B) He is cursed and envious of the Danes' celebrations. C) The Danes had persecuted and exiled him. D) His home had been destroyed to make way for people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is cursed and envious of the Danes' celebrations. 53. Having a very bad reputation A) Lair. B) Infamous. C) Famous. D) Affliction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infamous. 54. "Unferth's sword had tasted blood in many battles" . This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Juxtaposition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 55. What did they think strength was in the story of Beowulf? A) In order to be strong you have to be Beowulf. B) Physical strength= power. C) Strength was not important. D) Only fate can give you strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical strength= power. 56. From what era is Beowulf? A) Anglo-Saxon. B) Anglo-Norman. C) Anglo-Germanic. D) Anglo-European. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anglo-Saxon. 57. How does Hrothgar describe the lake where Grendel and his mother live? A) Beautiful and peaceful. B) Ominous and dark. C) Wild and exciting. D) Vibrant and safe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ominous and dark. 58. When the characters eat together, they are A) Having communion. B) Restoring light. C) Experiencing a rebirth. D) Being baptized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having communion. 59. A long narrative poem that traces the adventures of a great hero A) Elegy. B) Figurative Language. C) Epic. D) Epic Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic. 60. How did Grendel react to the chaos he caused? A) He gurgled and laughed. B) He roared with terror. C) He smashed about destroying everything. D) He retreated into the night. 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