This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 112 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 112 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happened to Hygelac? A) He was mortally wounded. B) He barely escaped. C) He took a sword to the face. D) He was killed in an ambush. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was killed in an ambush. 2. Mongol raiders ( ) several villages and cities as they rode across Eurasia. A) Exiled. B) Plundered. C) Hoarded. D) Lamented. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plundered. 3. APA style papers are required to follow which of the following? A) Times New Roman, 18 point font. B) Times New Roman, 12 point font. C) Arial, 14 point font. D) Whatever I want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Times New Roman, 12 point font. 4. How does the poet compare the strength of males and females? A) All women are worse scalds than men. B) All women are more diplomatic than men. C) All men are weaker warriors than women. D) All women are weaker warriors than men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All women are weaker warriors than men. 5. To worry or be annoyed A) Fret. B) Grate. C) Utter. D) Hoary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fret. 6. What is the oldest surviving poem written in Anglo-Saxon? A) The Odyssey. B) Beowulf. C) The Iliad. D) The Aeneid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 7. (v) inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another) A) Endured. B) Loathsome. C) Fetters. D) Avenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avenge. 8. Beowulf taught others to see that there are both good and evil in all people. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. What is the Old English word for "fate" ? A) Druid. B) Lof. C) Wyrd. D) Briton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wyrd. 10. What does Grendel do to the first man he encounters on the night he fights Beowulf? A) Stabs him. B) Rips his arm off. C) Eats him. D) Kidnaps him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eats him. 11. Beowulf tears off Grendel's ..... in battle. A) Helmet. B) Cloak. C) Lock of his hair. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arm. 12. Although Beowulf has been defeated, who does he choose to go on and be the next Beowulf? A) Wiglaf. B) Hrothgar. C) Unferth. D) Higlac. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wiglaf. 13. Which of the following was the language of the Anglo-Saxon period? A) Ancient English. B) Modern English. C) Middle English. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old English. 14. The Anglo Saxons were conquered by the Romans. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which of the following is NOT a character trait of an epic hero? A) Uses magic to defeat enemies. B) Has superhuman strength or intelligence. C) Risks death for the greater good of society. D) Reflects the ideals of a particular society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uses magic to defeat enemies. 16. If I am infallible I am never..... A) Truthful. B) Happy. C) Wrong. D) Dirty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrong. 17. The Anglo-Saxons believed that life was controlled by ....., and no one could escape it. A) Fate. B) Money. C) Time. D) Choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fate. 18. Who is Grendel's avenger? A) Grendel's mother. B) Unferth. C) Grendel's father. D) Grendel's sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel's mother. 19. Gables A) A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. B) Decorative triangular-shaped roofing structures. C) Secure a ship. D) A soft light wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decorative triangular-shaped roofing structures. 20. Define the italicized word: "but the blood cascaded upward, curdling the waters." A) Cause to boil. B) Cause to separate into lumps and curds. C) Cleansing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause to separate into lumps and curds. ← 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