Beowulf Quiz 118 (20 MCQs)

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1. What does the coastguard compare fighting Grendel to?

Correct Answer: C) The sea.

2. When was Beowulf most likely composed?

Correct Answer: D) 8th century.

3. How many battles does Beowulf face? How many parts are there to this story?

Correct Answer: C) 3.

4. Restraint means.....

Correct Answer: C) To control your actions and emotions.

5. For how many years does Herot stand empty and Grendel "won" ?

Correct Answer: B) 12.

6. Which of the following options is NOT a synonym for solace?

Correct Answer: D) Outraged.

7. How does the theme of community and cooperation emerge in the passage?

Correct Answer: B) The watchman welcomes Beowulf and his men into the community.

8. These people weren't a class and were treated differently; they had very few rights.

Correct Answer: C) Women.

9. Mind's worth

Correct Answer: A) Honor.

10. Why is Grendel exiled from society?

Correct Answer: D) Punished for the crimes that his ancestor Cain committed.

11. Crest-glider

Correct Answer: C) Ship.

12. Epic hero

Correct Answer: B) A brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events.

13. Scholars believe "The Beowulf Poet" was most likely a

Correct Answer: D) Christian monk.

14. "He was a rude and drunken fellow, always ready to argue, even with the king himself."

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

15. From which group of people does Beowulf come?

Correct Answer: D) Geats.

16. Central character of an epic

Correct Answer: C) Epic hero.

17. An unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation.

Correct Answer: B) Plight.

18. Where did Grendel's mother live?

Correct Answer: B) In the depths of a lake.

19. Unferth always picked at the ..... on his neck when he was anxious.

Correct Answer: A) Boil.

20. Why does the thief steal the cup from the dragon?

Correct Answer: B) He thought he could appease his slave master.