This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Each group of invaders brought their own? ..... and eventually they all combined. A) Culture and language. B) Government policies. C) Education systems. D) Libraries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture and language. 2. This saves Beowulf repeatedly when he battles Grendel's mother: A) His sword. B) His armor (woven chain mail). C) His brute strength. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His armor (woven chain mail). 3. Chains or shackles A) Laments. B) Fetters. C) Relish. D) Gorge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fetters. 4. If you have a venturesome child, you may worry because she's the one you find on top of the playhouse instead of inside it.In this sentence, venturesome means ..... A) One who is frightened. B) One who takes risks. C) One who is disobedient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One who takes risks. 5. What ultimately happens to the dragon's hoard? A) It is distributed among the Geats. B) It is used to build a grand monument. C) It is buried with Beowulf. D) It is sent to the Danes as a peace offering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is buried with Beowulf. 6. TRUE OR FALSE:Beowulf lost against Unferth in their swimming race. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 7. What was the name of Hrothgar's best friend who was killed? A) Esher. B) Ermlaf. C) Higlac. D) Wulfgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Esher. 8. Alliteration was used in the oral tradition because ..... A) It added to the heroic themes. B) It made poems more rhythmic and easier to remember. C) It made poems easier to sing aloud. D) It is a characteristic of epic poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It made poems more rhythmic and easier to remember. 9. "That mighty protector of men/Meant to hold the monster till its life/Leaped out ..... " Considering the above example, which of the following best describes the tone that the poet takes when describing Beowulf in his battles? A) Admiring; praising. B) Fearful; apprehensive. C) Disgusted; repulsed. D) Optimistic; hopeful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admiring; praising. 10. To ..... means to get back at someone, usually through a counterattack. A) Languish. B) Retaliate. C) Scourge. D) Forestall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retaliate. 11. Plight:sorry state, predicament, quandary A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 12. What is the name of the monster who attacks the mead hall? A) Grendel. B) Hrothgar. C) Hrunting. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel. 13. Beowulf is ..... A) A brother to Grendel. B) The Monster. C) A city. D) Leader, warrior of the Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leader, warrior of the Danes. 14. Why do so many people come to see "the monster's / Great staggering tracks" ? A) To see if Herot is still intact. B) To see if Hrothgar was still King of the Danes. C) To see that Grendel is actually dead and witness Beowulf's heroism. D) To see how big his footprints actually were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To see that Grendel is actually dead and witness Beowulf's heroism. 15. Merlin raised Arthur as his own son. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 16. People who live across the sea and help defeat the monster (Grendel) A) Higlac. B) Danes. C) Geats. D) Hrunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geats. 17. To purge something is to A) Bring it closer. B) Get rid of it. C) Examine it. D) Place similar items near it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get rid of it. 18. "We will walk within the woods, " is an example of ..... A) Theory. B) Alliteration. C) Cutting. D) Boasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 19. Which was the first monster that beowulf defeated? A) Geatish. B) Grendel. C) Dragon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel. 20. Although Chuck wanted an 'A' in the class, he was ..... with a 'B'. A) Infallible. B) Fracas. C) Complacent. D) Abrasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complacent. 21. Before the night of the battle, the Danes and the Geats decide to hold a ..... A) Vigil. B) Dance. C) Games. D) Banquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Banquet. 22. Herot is the name of ..... A) Hrothgar's deceased father. B) Beowulf's stongest co-worker. C) Hrothgar's mead hall. D) Beowulf's homeland village. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hrothgar's mead hall. 23. (n) a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner A) Dagger. B) Scabbard. C) Fetters. D) Hilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fetters. 24. How did Beowulf defeat Grendel A) He ripped his leg off. B) He cut his head off. C) He ripped his arm off. D) Beowulf did not win the battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He ripped his arm off. 25. In the sentence, "The crime scene was a gruesome sight, " what does "gruesome" mean? A) Beautiful and enchanting. B) Extremely sad. C) Shockingly horrible or disgusting. D) Ordinary and unremarkable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shockingly horrible or disgusting. 26. In Unferth's opinion, who won the swimming match? A) Beowulf. B) Unferth. C) Breca. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breca. 27. Who buried the dragon's treasure hoard? A) The dragon. B) An ancient civilization destroyed by war. C) An ancient civilization that was trying stay rich. D) The slave's master many years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An ancient civilization destroyed by war. 28. Which of the following options is NOT a synonym for fetter? A) Shackle. B) Hogtie. C) Manacle. D) Scandalous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scandalous. 29. Grendel and his mother descend from whom? A) Big Foot. B) Cain. C) Evil itself. D) An ancient race of monsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cain. 30. God or goddess of love and beauty? A) Valkyrie. B) Freya. C) Norns. D) Frigga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freya. 31. The Hollywood couple put their ..... home on the market for $ 3 million. A) Fracas. B) Lavish. C) Abrasive. D) Defamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lavish. 32. Anglo Saxon society encouraged arrangement of community by A) Communal hall. B) Consensus. C) Entertainment. D) ALL of the other answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consensus. 33. Fill in the blank:After years of conflict, the two communities finally reached a point of seeking ..... and reconciliation. A) Afflictions. B) Reparations. C) Solace. D) Laments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reparations. 34. Repetition of consonant sounds in words close together A) Archetype. B) Alliteration. C) Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 35. What is the significance of Beowulf's reference to fate in his speech? A) It suggests that Beowulf is unsure of the outcome of his mission. B) It underscores his belief in the power of destiny to shape events. C) It reveals that Beowulf is fatalistic and resigned to his fate. D) It indicates that Beowulf does not believe in the concept of fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It underscores his belief in the power of destiny to shape events. 36. In the text who does Beowulf help? A) King Hrothgar. B) King Higlac. C) King John. D) King Richard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Hrothgar. 37. The Geats made a tall ..... made of stones, Beowulf's ashes from the funeral pyre, and the treasure from the cavern. It was seen by ships from the sea. A) Tower. B) Castle. C) Hoard. D) Sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tower. 38. What is the name of Beowulf's sword? A) Hrunting. B) Glamdring. C) Sting. D) Excalibur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrunting. 39. Changed the idea that Beowulf was a historical artifact of a primitive, savage people A) Roman Emperor Constantine. B) Saint Augustine. C) Sutton Hoo. D) J.R.R. Tolkien. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J.R.R. Tolkien. 40. Beowulf was from Denmark. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 41. How does Beowulf beat Grendel? A) With his sword. B) With his shield. C) With his army. D) With his bare hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With his bare hands. 42. "None of your race will have anything left but their lives." This quote demonstrates that the coward warriors A) Will lose their lives but not their fortunes. B) Will lose all their fortunes but not their lives. C) Will live peacefully in town without any more comments. D) Will show bravery and loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will lose all their fortunes but not their lives. 43. Languish means to: A) Withdraw. B) Associate. C) Conflict. D) Decline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decline. 44. One of a class of medieval musical entertainers. A) Heath. B) Violate. C) Military. D) Minstrel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minstrel. 45. What does Hrothgar order his men to build? A) An enormous hall made of timber. B) An enormous hall made of stone. C) A huge castle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An enormous hall made of timber. 46. The original version of Beowulf had A) 3182 lines. B) 2000 lines. C) 3000 lines. D) 1500 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3182 lines. 47. "With weapons of warfare, weeds for battle" is an example of what? A) Theory. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 48. Every time Grendel returned to his ....., he felt delighted with the night's slaughter dripping blood behind him. A) Terror. B) Talon. C) Wrath. D) Lair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lair. 49. How old had Beowulf been when he was taken from his father (ch. 34)? A) Seven years. B) The poem does not say. C) Newborn. D) Twelve years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seven years. 50. What would someone most likely harrow? A) A song. B) A meal. C) A candle. D) A storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A storm. 51. The original inhabitants of England were A) Angles. B) Celts. C) Danes. D) Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Celts. 52. Station 3:The Anglo-Saxons were once ..... who believed in ..... A) Christians / God and the bible. B) Pagans / Many gods, lucky charms, and gems. C) Agnostics/ Fate and the unknown. D) Germans/ Law and order. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pagans / Many gods, lucky charms, and gems. 53. What happens to Grendel after Beowulf tears off his arm? A) Grendel dies from his wound in his lair. B) Grendel seeks revenge and attacks Beowulf again. C) Grendel visits Hrothgar's throne and bids farewell. D) Grendel becomes friends with Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel dies from his wound in his lair. 54. "The man chose an apple from a huge bag he had been carrying on his back, and brought it to the king." A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Euphemism. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 55. An antonym for this word is happiness. A) Fen. B) Despair. C) Ogres. D) Vengeance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despair. 56. Beowulf is written in A) Modern English. B) Olde English. C) Biblical terms. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olde English. 57. "Grievance" means: A) Resentment. B) Inclination. C) Amazement. D) Consolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resentment. 58. Which is a universal theme in the epic Beowulf? A) Evil will never win if you have a hero to save you. B) Evil will always prevail in the long run. C) Evil will try to destroy values of the time. D) Evil will always come in the form of monsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evil will try to destroy values of the time. 59. Years passed from the time Beowulf was created until it was written down. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 60. Grendel is a descendent of this person who killed his own brother? A) Unferth. B) Hrothgar. C) Cain. D) Abel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cain. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesBeowulf Quiz 1Beowulf Quiz 2Beowulf Quiz 3Beowulf Quiz 4Beowulf Quiz 5Beowulf Quiz 6Beowulf Quiz 8Beowulf Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books