This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 114 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 114 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is about events of the 6th century A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Define the italicized word: "the steel was shivered to pieces." A) Cooled to harden. B) Broken into fragments. C) Repaired piece by piece. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broken into fragments. 3. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes arrived in Britain from which region of Europe? A) Scandinavian Region. B) Germanic Region. C) Norman Region. D) Iberian Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germanic Region. 4. The fears, conflicts, or needs that drive a character is called A) Characterization. B) Motivation. C) Symbolism. D) Hero(ine). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motivation. 5. The ( ) warrior fought to protect every last innocent from harm. A) Vile. B) Haughty. C) Plundering. D) Righteous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Righteous. 6. What happens to Beowulf's sword A) It breaks. B) It melts. C) Beowulf loses it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It breaks. 7. Body warden A) Monster. B) Soldier. C) War. D) Chain-mail shirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chain-mail shirt. 8. Communication between the different parts is maintained by tramways, and steam ferry-boats ..... between the city and its suburbs on the shores of the harbor. A) Sheer. B) Proffer. C) Ply. D) Taper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ply. 9. Who arrives to help the Danes in Beowulf lines 144-300? A) Wiglaf. B) Hrothgar. C) Grendel. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf. 10. Which of the following words means "harmful or malignant in intent or effect" ? A) Affliction. B) Plight. C) Baleful. D) Wail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baleful. 11. What does boast mean? A) Complain. B) Brag. C) Annoy. D) Respect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brag. 12. Was the year that Beowulf was translated into modern English. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. What is an epithet? A) A figure of speech. B) An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. C) A type of poem. D) A type of novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. 14. Spoor A) A litter of pigs. B) An organism made of a fungus and either algae or autotrophic bacteria that live together in a mutualistic relationship. C) The trail left by a person or an animal. D) Move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The trail left by a person or an animal. 15. The word discomfiture most likely means: A) Discomfort. B) Fitness. C) Disco. D) Furniture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discomfort. 16. Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Cutting. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 17. ( n.) Desire and determination to achieve success A) Ambitionadj. Ambitious. B) Resolute. C) Lament. D) Reparation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambitionadj. Ambitious. 18. Talon A) Claw. B) Hand. C) Beak. D) Feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claw. 19. Universal idea in a text A) Theme. B) August. C) Wail. D) Malignant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 20. What does Beowulf use to defeat the dragon? A) Sword. B) Shield. C) Armor. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← 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