This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 104 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 104 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Excessive pride and being boastful is acceptable in 6th century literature is also known as ..... A) HUBRIS. B) SYCOPHANCY. C) HARDONOME. D) HELLENISTIC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HUBRIS. 2. Which is the best example of someone beset by someone or something? A) A teenager walking with a few friends. B) A boat being launched from a pier. C) A chef getting help from an assistant. D) A woman being attacked by mosquitoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A woman being attacked by mosquitoes. 3. What do we know about Beowulf as literature? A) One of the last great works of literature. B) One of the first great works of literature. C) It's not a great work of literature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One of the first great works of literature. 4. What wakes the dragon from its lair under the mountain? A) An upset stomach resulting in flatulence. B) An earthquake. C) He typically woke up every so many years. D) A robber stole gold from his lair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A robber stole gold from his lair. 5. Celtic Priests were known as ..... A) Thanes. B) Druids. C) Pagans. D) Tonsures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Druids. 6. When was the Anglo-Saxon Period A) 200-500 AD. B) 449-1066 AD. C) 780-1080 AD. D) 1066-1600 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 449-1066 AD. 7. Slayer of Grendel and personification of pure good A) Hrothgar. B) Beowulf. C) Super Slayer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 8. Which literary form is Beowulf? A) Poem. B) Novel. C) Short story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poem. 9. An old English bard or poet A) Scop. B) Wyrd. C) Wergild. D) Poppit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scop. 10. What century is this story set in? A) Fourth century. B) Fifth century. C) Sixth Century. D) Seventh Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fifth century. 11. You should not ..... about your accompishments. Stay humble. A) Boast. B) Fate. C) Abduct. D) Positive deviation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boast. 12. Is Beowulf a Christian or Pagan text? A) Christian. B) Pagan. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both. 13. A portion of a ship's bow above the water A) Prow. B) Sentinel. C) Vengeance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prow. 14. Which word means being known for having a bad reputation? A) Boast. B) Lurk. C) Bewitch. D) Infamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infamous. 15. Why does Beowulf ask for jewels, shining armor and gems? A) To give them away to the Geats. B) To burn them. C) For Wiglaf to take and lead the people with. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For Wiglaf to take and lead the people with. 16. Leaves his weapons outside the mead hall A) Hrothgar. B) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 17. Beowulf is an ..... because it is a long, narrative poem about a hero. A) Epic. B) Theory. C) Essay. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic. 18. Weep, wail, sob, moan A) Lament. B) Reparation. C) Loathsome. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lament. 19. The operating language of poetry, language employed in a manner that sets poetry apart from other kinds of speech or writing. It involves the vocabulary, the phrasing, and the grammar considered appropriate and inappropriate to poetry at different times A) Slang Diction. B) Formal Diction. C) Poetic Diction. D) Colloquial Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetic Diction. 20. Reached around uncertainly A) Groped. B) Uttered. C) Dissolved. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groped. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesBeowulf Quiz 1Beowulf Quiz 2Beowulf Quiz 3Beowulf Quiz 4Beowulf Quiz 5Beowulf Quiz 6Beowulf Quiz 7Beowulf Quiz 8Beowulf Quiz 9Beowulf Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books