This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 65 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 65 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. " ....., the tears torn out of Grendel's Taut throat, ..... " Taut most nearly means ..... A) Mute, uncommunicative, tight-lipped. B) Of little depth, not deep, surface level. C) Orange-brown; yellowish-brown in color. D) Stiff, rigid, tense, tight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stiff, rigid, tense, tight. 2. What reward does he receive? A) He is named king. B) He is showered with gifts. C) He marries the king's daughter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is showered with gifts. 3. At the beginning of Cantos 20-21, Grendel's mother ..... A) Has killed a friend of King Hrothgar's. B) Has attacked villagers. C) Has declared war on Hrothgar and Herot. D) Has vowed vengeance for her son's death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has killed a friend of King Hrothgar's. 4. Give the meaning:clarion A) Bird of prey. B) Awaken slowly. C) Type of vegetation found in tropic climates. D) Medieval trumpet or the sound of a medieval trumpet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medieval trumpet or the sound of a medieval trumpet. 5. Monsters, hideous giants A) Fen. B) Despair. C) Boil. D) Ogres. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ogres. 6. Discolored; black and blue A) Taut. B) Loathsome. C) Livid. D) Murky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Livid. 7. The Anglo-Saxons wrote in the Roman alphabet. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Fill in the blank:Grendel began to ..... on the floor. His body was twisting and contorting in weird ways. A) Cower. B) Writhe. C) Douce. D) Cringe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writhe. 9. How did Beowulf die? A) Grendel's mother killed him. B) He was stabbed by one of Hygelc's jealous son. C) He received severe injuries from his battle with the dragon. D) He met a sea monster with one eye and got thrown off the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He received severe injuries from his battle with the dragon. 10. "Shut away from men; they split Into a thousand forms of evil-spirits And fiends, goblins, monsters, giants ..... " is mostly an example of which poetic device? A) Alliteration. B) Theory. C) Cesura. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cesura. 11. Why did they want to have fame and glory in life? A) So the dinosaurs couldn't get you in the afterlife. B) YOLO. C) They didn't believe in an afterlife, so you had to be remembered after you died in order to live on. D) They believed in an afterlife, but who doesn't want to be remembered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They didn't believe in an afterlife, so you had to be remembered after you died in order to live on. 12. Where does the battle with Grendel's mother take place? A) Her lair; it takes Beowulf several hours of sinking into the water to arrive there. B) Her lair; a cave just outside of the village that only takes Beowulf a few minutes to walk to. C) Herot Hall. D) A hidden forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her lair; it takes Beowulf several hours of sinking into the water to arrive there. 13. The Beowulf poet was most likely a ..... A) Merchant. B) Christian monk. C) Viking. D) Pagan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christian monk. 14. A kid who is always joking around, having fun, and doing their own thing is an example of which archetype? A) The Everyman. B) The Outlaw. C) The Jester. D) The Artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Jester. 15. The sentence below is an example of which literary term:His head moved on his shoulders like a bird's:alert, inquisitive, shrewd. A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Adjective, adjective sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. How many men did it take to carry Grendel's head? A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 17. The making of amends for wrong or injury usually for an injustice A) Prow (n). B) Lament (n). C) Reparation (n). D) Forge (v). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reparation (n). 18. Do both Christian and Pagan references can be found in "Beowulf" ? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. What does Beowulf ask Wiglaf to do for him before he dies? A) He wants him to bring him back some of the treasure kept by the dragon. B) He wants Wiglaf to be sure the dragon is dead. C) He asks Wiglaf to take over as king and lecture the cowardly men. D) He wants Wiglaf to remember this story to tell to others so they won't forget. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants him to bring him back some of the treasure kept by the dragon. 20. What did Beowulf do with his bees? A) Trained them to kill. B) Sting himself to build a tolerance to pain. C) Dust pollen on his cheeks and let them crawl on his face. D) Asked them if they liked jazz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dust pollen on his cheeks and let them crawl on his face. 21. Benefits; blessings; favors A) Fettle. B) Boons. C) Gannet. D) Maw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boons. 22. A pause in anglo-saxon poetry, used for dramatic purpose, is called ..... A) A cut. B) A tenor. C) A kennings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cut. 23. Choose the best word, from this week's vocabulary list. Insight A) Vision. B) Visionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vision. 24. Why did the queen not agree with Unferth's ideas regarding the death of the men? A) She stated that it was only a tale to frighten children when they were naughty. B) She stated that nobody believes the tales anymore. C) Her nurse told her the story then told her it was made up. D) She said that if you are bad Grendel will gobble you up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She stated that it was only a tale to frighten children when they were naughty. 25. Discomfort or distress A) Solace. B) Grate. C) Vexation. D) Loathe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vexation. 26. The King of the Danes who has become weak in his battle against the monster A) King Unferth. B) King Hrothgar. C) King Dan. D) King Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Hrothgar. 27. Which form of English was Beowulf first written? A) Old. B) Middle. C) Modern. D) Early Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old. 28. What literary device do we see throughout the entire piece of Beowulf? A) Iambic pentameter. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic pentameter. 29. Who Said it: "' I've never believed the stories about Grendel ..... They're told just to frighten children. No one believes in that kind of thing anymore"' A) Beowulf. B) Wealtheow/ The Queen. C) Hrothgar. D) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wealtheow/ The Queen. 30. How does Beowulf explore the theme of heroism? A) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Grendel. B) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Wiglaf. C) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Hrothgar. D) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Beowulf himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Beowulf himself. 31. Which of the following is NOT true about Beowulf? A) Author is unknown. B) Second oldest surviving poem. C) Written in 700 A.D. D) Takes place in 500 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second oldest surviving poem. 32. Beowulf taught others that to overcome an opponent, sometimes you have to use cunning and not just brute strength. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. Who says "They have seen my strength for themselves, have watched me rise from the darkness of war, dripping with my enemies blood" A) Beowulf. B) Grendel. C) Hrothgar. D) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. 34. What characteristics did Beowulf show in the story? A) Superhuman strength, courage, honor, and loyalty. B) Narcissistic, boastful, aggressive, and average. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superhuman strength, courage, honor, and loyalty. 35. Then ....., as love for his lord flashed into rage, unshielded sprang at the beast. Into that fiery furnace he thrust his sword ..... A) Headred. B) Wiglaf. C) Beowulf. D) Hygelac. E) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wiglaf. 36. (verb) to cleanse or rid of something undesirable A) Lair. B) Purge. C) Talon. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purge. 37. Wergild means..... A) Woman-Price. B) Man-Price. C) Bargain-Price. D) Discount-Price. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man-Price. 38. Hrothgar's mead-hall A) Unferth. B) Heorot. C) Hygelac. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heorot. 39. During Beowulf's fight with the dragon, all of his men A) Stay and fight with him. B) Run and flee to the forest. C) Run and flee to the forest, except for one who stays and fights with him. D) Eat their dinner while watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run and flee to the forest, except for one who stays and fights with him. 40. He was ..... for his hard work by getting a trophy and cash prize A) Plundered. B) Omened. C) Lauded. D) Afflicted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lauded. 41. How did Grendel die? A) Beowulf's sword. B) Beowulf beheaded him. C) He bled to death. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He bled to death. 42. Who put the treasure in the tower in the first place? A) Higlac's and Beowulf's ancestors. B) Hrothgar's ancestors. C) A man who was the last of his people. D) A runaway slave who needed shelter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A man who was the last of his people. 43. What will Beowulf do with the gold from the firedrake's den? A) Rebuild the houses in the valley. B) Buy more bees. C) Free the slave. D) Invest it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebuild the houses in the valley. 44. What noise did the sword make? A) Screaming. B) Mouth sounds. C) Laughing. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Singing. 45. Where does Beowulf live? A) Denmark. B) Norway. C) Geatland. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geatland. 46. Vernacular Art is art made A) By ordinary people for the elite. B) By ordinary people for ordinary people. C) For everyone. D) By the rich for the poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By ordinary people for ordinary people. 47. A demon monster who preys on warriors in the mead-hall. A) Grendel. B) Hrothgar. C) Grendel's Mother. D) The Dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel. 48. A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been.What is the theme? A) Take care of your dog. B) Don't be greedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't be greedy. 49. The original author of Beowulf is ..... A) J. R. R. TOLKIEN. B) BURTON RAFFLE. C) CYNEWULF. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. 50. What cured Beowulf's toothache? A) Birds singing. B) Honey. C) The singing sword. D) Telling the story of Breca and the sea monsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birds singing. 51. Aghast:horrified, appaled, shocked A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 52. Beowulf is an "epic" poem because it is A) Sad or mournful. B) Written as a sermon or piece of advice. C) It has a larger-than life hero and the conflict is of universal importance. D) Super cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has a larger-than life hero and the conflict is of universal importance. 53. My mom has a lot of ..... for our neighbor because they are always stealing things from our garage A) Writhe. B) Heathen. C) Hale. D) Wrath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrath. 54. Why would the Prologue appear so boastful? A) It is a literary device called a foil which makes Beowulf look even better later!. B) To prepare us for the epic fight later. C) They were vikings and reputation was everything!. D) The author was a monk and he wanted the legacy of Beowulf to live!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were vikings and reputation was everything!. 55. Strongly emotional; intense or passionate: A) Writhing. B) Vehemently. C) Infallible. D) Lavish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehemently. 56. What group did the Anglo Saxons replace as rulers of Briton? A) Normans. B) Romans. C) Danes. D) Vikings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romans. 57. How is every epic hero characterized? A) For his love adventures. B) For its outstanding qualities. C) For its obstacles to overcome. D) For his cooking recipes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For its outstanding qualities. 58. What is the first task Beowulf undertakes in Denmark? A) Defeat the monster Grendel. B) Build a new castle. C) Retrieve the stolen treasure. D) Rescue King Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defeat the monster Grendel. 59. In an Epic, most heroes go on what? A) On a quest. B) On a vengeance. C) On a voyage. D) On a trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On a quest. 60. A ..... is sent forward to announce the coming of a king. A) Interloper. B) Sentry. C) Thane. D) Herald. 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