This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 105 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 105 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What causes the Dragon to be awaken A) A slave steals a chalice. B) A slave steals a gold bar. C) Beowulf attacks it. D) Grendel's spirit awakens it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A slave steals a chalice. 2. An evil person A) Fiend. B) Loathsome. C) Succor. D) Arduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiend. 3. This man is the king of the Danes. A) Hygelac. B) Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hrothgar. 4. A journey to a sacred place A) Pilgrimage. B) Succinct. C) Reprisal. D) Derived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pilgrimage. 5. Pagan A) Courage when facing danger. B) Something causing misery or death. C) A person following a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion. D) Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person following a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion. 6. Beowulf and Wiglaf ended up ..... A) Cutting the dragon in half. B) Pushing the dragon's carcass off a cliff. C) Punishing the warriors who deserted them. D) Gathering all of the treasure for transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting the dragon in half. 7. What does Beowulf find on the ground by the swamp? A) Jacket. B) Finger. C) Hand. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Head. 8. Which of the following is NOT true of Scandinavia? A) Anglo Saxons Came from there. B) Anglo Saxons were converted to Christianity there. C) Angles, Saxons, and Jutes lived there. D) It was across the sea from Britannia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anglo Saxons were converted to Christianity there. 9. Who is more clever:Gawain or Bilbo? A) Gawain. B) Bilbo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bilbo. 10. On page 173 and going into page 175, what happens for the first time in Beowulf's career and what fails Beowulf? A) He makes peace with the dragon. B) He cowers from the Dragon and does not face it. C) His strength (and weapon) utterly fail him this time with no complete recovery. D) He realizes that the Dragon is really just a part of himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His strength (and weapon) utterly fail him this time with no complete recovery. 11. Myths are ..... A) Fiction. B) Non-fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiction. 12. Beowulf was probably written down in the first century A) 7th century. B) 10th century. C) 19th century. D) 20th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7th century. 13. What happens to Beowulf's shield during battle? A) It falls off a cliff. B) It snaps in half. C) It melts when it caught on fire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It melts when it caught on fire. 14. During this time, people looked for reassurance in the form of heroes who embodied strength, honor, and virtue. What was happening, at the time, to have people look forward to these stories as an escape A) A Change over or political leadership. B) Invasions and Plagues. C) Stealing of Money. D) Fights between warriors and monsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invasions and Plagues. 15. A warrior is also known as a A) Epic. B) Mead hall. C) Thane. D) Homily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thane. 16. Bound the arms of A) Canny. B) Scud. C) Tempered. D) Pinioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pinioned. 17. What are some major themes of Medieval texts? A) Hero vs Evil, Dream Sequence, Moralism. B) Hero vs Evil, Wealth, Religion. C) Good vs Evil, Stream of Consciousness, Immoralism. D) Good vs Evil, Virtue, the Seasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hero vs Evil, Dream Sequence, Moralism. 18. What is the major theme of Beowulf? A) Personal glory above all else. B) Good will triumph over evil. C) God fighting the Devil. D) Evil eventually wins over good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good will triumph over evil. 19. In the opening funeral, why did the people put armor on the ship for their fallen king? A) To show loyalty by putting armor on the ship to protect him. B) Because it was his armor. C) They did not need the armor anymore. D) People were on the ship with the fallen king and they needed armor to protect themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show loyalty by putting armor on the ship to protect him. 20. He commanded an iron shield to be made, for well he knew that linden wood must warp and shrivel in heat. A) Beowulf. B) Hrothgar. C) Unferth. D) Hygelac. E) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. ← 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