This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Give the meaning:avail A) To be of use; to help. B) Sail on a boat. C) To conquer. D) Wavering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be of use; to help. 2. Beowulf was composed at the beginning of the ..... A) 4th century. B) 5th century. C) 6th century. D) 7th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6th century. 3. What conclusions can you make about Beowulf based on his actions in the story? A) He fights monsters only for fame and treasure. B) He is worried only about protecting his own men. C) He is brave and wants to use his strength for good. D) He admires men who are stronger than himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is brave and wants to use his strength for good. 4. Select the correct term for the following definition:comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable A) Solace. B) Fetter. C) Malice. D) Reproach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solace. 5. What is an Epic? A) A story about heartbreak and hopeless romance. B) A tale of a vigilante who embarks on heroic journey to the detriment of his people. C) A long, narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society. D) Myth of a great beast who learns who terrorizes people due to it's own sadness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A long, narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society. 6. What does Beowulf use to defeat the monster Grendel? A) A sword. B) His hands. C) A hammer. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His hands. 7. Define the italicized word: "the edge of steel slashed home; with clash upon clash it dinned." A) Drove deeper. B) Made loud, discordant sounds. C) Glanced off of its target. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made loud, discordant sounds. 8. Sea spray; spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind A) Spin drift. B) Sheaf. C) Singe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spin drift. 9. Beowulf is a(n)..... A) Novel. B) Epic poem. C) Play. D) Short story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic poem. 10. The main theme of Beowulf is ..... A) Courage vs. Cowardice. B) Good vs. Evil. C) Peace and War. D) Love and Hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good vs. Evil. 11. The Duke was always a ( ) man who thought he was better than everyone else. A) Courteous. B) Prowess. C) Haughty. D) Omen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haughty. 12. This warrior refused to desert his ailing king in a battle against a fierce dragon. A) Hrothgar. B) Wexstan. C) Wiglaf. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wiglaf. 13. What is another name for Beowulf? A) Oedipus. B) Gilgamesh. C) Edgethoe's Son. D) JaKarrie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edgethoe's Son. 14. When Grendel confronts Beowulf in Herot, what happens? A) They fight; Grendel wins and kills Beowulf. B) They fight; Beowulf wins and rips off Grendel's arm. C) They fight; Hrothgar steps in and kills Grendel. D) They fight; the match ends in a draw and Grendel runs away to fight another day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They fight; Beowulf wins and rips off Grendel's arm. 15. "Mankind's Enemy" is an example of what kind of figurative language? A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory. 16. What does omniscient mean? A) Blinded. B) Puzzled. C) Not sure. D) Knows everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knows everything. 17. He tore his ACL last year, but now he's ..... again and ready to get back out there! A) Hale. B) Seethe. C) Taut. D) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hale. 18. What happened when Shild died? A) His body was preserved in a tomb. B) His body was buried in a castle. C) His body was cremated. D) His body was set adrift on a ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His body was set adrift on a ship. 19. How were the stories passed down during the Anglo-Saxon period? A) Video. B) Oral tradition. C) Written books. D) Internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral tradition. 20. In a feudal system, ? provided military protection A) Peasants. B) Knights. C) Soldiers. D) Nobles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knights. 21. Which of the following is an element of an epic? A) Simple structure. B) Short and realistic. C) Overwritten. D) Minimalistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overwritten. 22. Who are the only ones who survive Grendel's attacks on Herot? Is anyone able to fight him off? A) The only men who are able to survive are those who flee from Herot. No one is able to fight him off. B) Four of them flee before he found them. C) There are no survivors. D) The survivors are those who fought and destroyed the monster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The only men who are able to survive are those who flee from Herot. No one is able to fight him off. 23. This Great king first refused the crown when it was offered to him. A) Wiglaf. B) Higlac. C) Unferth. D) Hrothgar. E) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Beowulf. 24. Which of the following is not part of the setting of Beowulf? A) A long time ago in the land of the Danes. B) A place near the sea and a great swamp (fen). C) An unknown mythical and magical swamp, with many mythical creatures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An unknown mythical and magical swamp, with many mythical creatures. 25. How does the fight with the dragon end? A) The dragon dies. B) Beowulf dies. C) Both the dragon and Beowulf die. D) Neither die. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both the dragon and Beowulf die. 26. Use the adjective ..... to describe a purposeful and determined person, someone who wants to do something very much, and won't let anything get in the way. A) Resolute. B) Formidable. C) Plight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolute. 27. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry A) In media res. B) Theory. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 28. Which of the following is not one of the reasons Beowulf eventually defeats Grendel's Mother? A) Restrains her tentacle. B) Stares her down. C) Talks quietly until she falls asleep. D) Wounds her so she is unable to move. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wounds her so she is unable to move. 29. For his crimes, the criminal was ..... from the kingdom forever. A) Boasted. B) Exiled. C) Mandated. D) Ravaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exiled. 30. Beowulf is the son of ..... A) Shild. B) Wulfgar. C) Ecgtheow. D) Higlac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecgtheow. 31. "sat very woful, suffered great sorrow, sighed for his liegemen" ismostly an example of which Anglo Saxon poetic device? A) Alliteration. B) Cesura. C) Theory. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 32. Repetition of the same sound in nearby words is called: A) Alliteration. B) Emphasis. C) Diversity. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 33. Causing hatred or disgust; repulsive A) Infamous. B) Loathsome. C) Writhing. D) Fetter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loathsome. 34. True or false:a lead paragraph should contain the 3Ws (what, where and who) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 35. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments A) Baleful. B) Boon. C) Arbitrate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baleful. 36. Possessing determination and purposefulness A) Renowned. B) Formidable. C) Resolute. D) Stalwart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolute. 37. What did Anglo-Saxon's believe was achieved through heroic actions? A) Wealth. B) Fame. C) Immorality. D) Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immorality. 38. An epic poetry involves which of the following? A) Limited setting. B) Story of a real human being. C) Real life scenarios. D) Deeds of super human. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deeds of super human. 39. The story of Beowulf can best be described as which of the following? A) A short story with multiple characters who have multiple conflicts. B) An epic story with a larger than life character who surmounts obstacles. C) A poem with big and larger characters who face adversity with each other. D) A prose piece of literature with a greater than life character who fails at their mission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An epic story with a larger than life character who surmounts obstacles. 40. Who would need a retainer? A) An athlete who has broken an arm. B) A man who wants to cover his bald spot. C) A toddler who is still wearing diapers. D) A teen who worn braces on her teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A teen who worn braces on her teeth. 41. I ..... the fact that my favorite flavor of potato chips got discontinued. A) Lauded. B) Lamented. C) Quenched. D) Writhed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lamented. 42. Scyld Scefing told his warriors to build him a great ..... when he was nearing his death. A) Wagon. B) Funeral Pyre. C) Boat. D) Ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ship. 43. How does Beowulf demonstrate heroism? A) Beowulf demonstrates heroism through his intelligence, cunning, and strategic thinking. B) Beowulf demonstrates heroism through his wealth, power, and influence. C) Beowulf demonstrates heroism through his cowardice, weakness, and indifference. D) Beowulf demonstrates heroism through his bravery, strength, and willingness to protect others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf demonstrates heroism through his bravery, strength, and willingness to protect others. 44. The events in epic poems reflect the culture and time in which they are written. Beowulf does this by- A) Making use of long speeches to show the speaking style and diction of the time. B) Employing formal syntax to create a sense of how serious people were at the time. C) Telling a story celebrating a noble and courageous hero who is a product of his time. D) Using details that reflect historical events from a time preceding the action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telling a story celebrating a noble and courageous hero who is a product of his time. 45. Why did Beowulf bring a trophy back from his battle with Grendel's mother? A) To prove his valor. B) He remembered the pain caused by the monster. C) Hrothgar asked him to bring a trophy back. D) He wanted to hang it on the wall at Heorot. E) He did not bring back a trophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He remembered the pain caused by the monster. 46. Long poem that praises heroic deeds A) Suspense. B) Biblical allusion. C) Theory. D) Epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epic poem. 47. Grendel had already encountered a man with such powerful strength. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 48. What is the point of Wiglaf's speech to the Geat warriors who were ready to flee during Beowulf's fight with the dragon? A) He wanted them to wait on him. B) He said they would be seen as cowards. C) He said Beowulf wouldn't reward them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said they would be seen as cowards. 49. Who is the Lord of the Danes when Beowulf arrives? A) Wealtheow. B) Hrothgar. C) Grendel. D) To eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hrothgar. 50. "Fierce love for his lord flashed into rage, his words lashed like a whip:'Fine requital, this, for his gifts in the mead hall! To think he called you brave, the flower of warriors! That you swore to protect him ..... what mockery that was!" ' This passage reveals the important Anglo-Saxon cultural principle of: A) Exchange. B) Capitalism. C) Organization. D) Craftwork. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exchange. 51. Sometimes politicians' stances can become ..... which can lead to confusion amongst the voters. A) Assertive. B) Presumptuous. C) Purporting. D) Contradictory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contradictory. 52. In his self-introduction to Hrothgar, Beowulf reveals that he plans to use no weapons in his fight with Grendel. What is the best inferred explanation of this choice? A) Beowulf wants it to be a fair, equal fight. B) Beowulf already knows Grendel's secret use of enchanted weapons. C) Beowulf wants to show off. D) Beowulf doesn't trust his old sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf wants it to be a fair, equal fight. 53. What is the name of the warrior in the text who comes to rid Hrothgar's kingdom of Grendel? A) Grendel. B) Beowulf. C) Hrothgar. D) Edgetheow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 54. Beowulf is the oldest recorded piece of English Literature A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 55. These demonstrate a hero's courage, strength, virtue; the action in a narrative A) Epic. B) Valorous deeds. C) Quest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valorous deeds. 56. As it is used in this passage, the word liegemen most likely means A) Subjects. B) Rulers. C) Comrades. D) Servants. E) Warriors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subjects. 57. Which of the following best describes the characteristics of Anglo-Saxons? A) Industrious and loyal. B) Sick and feeble. C) Compassionate and selfish. D) Fearful and courageous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrious and loyal. 58. Refers to words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 59. Why was Heorot built? A) It was cold. B) To celebrate Hrothgar's achievements. C) To protect the Danes from monsters. D) To honor the viking gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To celebrate Hrothgar's achievements. 60. An example of the epic convention of description of rituals in Beowulf is appropriately used to tell about A) Wiglaf joining Beowulf in the fight against the dragon. B) Beowulf bestowing gifts on Hygelac upon returning home. C) Ujther's speech to Beowulf about his past when he enters Herot. D) Grendel's mother attempts to avenge her son. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf bestowing gifts on Hygelac upon returning home. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesBeowulf Quiz 1Beowulf Quiz 2Beowulf Quiz 3Beowulf Quiz 4Beowulf Quiz 5Beowulf Quiz 6Beowulf Quiz 7Beowulf Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books