This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 124 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 124 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do the warriors and Hrothgar respond after Beowulf kills Grendel? A) They go about their day as usual. B) They are all killed by Grendel's mother. C) They drink and sing songs. D) Wealhtheow gives up her throne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They drink and sing songs. 2. The monster that has been terrorizing the Danes A) Grendel. B) Bane. C) Dane. D) Grindle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel. 3. Beowulf is the national epic of what country? A) England. B) Scandinavia. C) Denmark. D) Holland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 4. What are facts and statistics used for? A) To analyze data. B) To follow accepted rules. C) To claim something as a fact. D) To fit into conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To analyze data. 5. What are kennings in Beowulf? A) Supernatural beings. B) Compound words acting as metaphors. C) Detailed descriptions of weapons. D) Epithets used to describe characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound words acting as metaphors. 6. Which word means to take revenge for a wrongdoing? A) Lair. B) Purge. C) Avenge. D) Ancestral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avenge. 7. Who gave the name ''England" to the island? A) Romans. B) French. C) Angles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angles. 8. Why were mead halls important in Beowulf's time? A) They served as social and cultural centers for warriors. B) They were used for religious ceremonies. C) They were used as storage for food and supplies. D) They were used as prisons for criminals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They served as social and cultural centers for warriors. 9. To take advantage of A) Exultation. B) Exploit. C) Insinuate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploit. 10. Which of the following would NOT be true of Anglo-Saxon Culture? A) It valued the heroic ideal. B) It was dominated by pacifists. C) Leaders and warriors sought generational fame. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was dominated by pacifists. 11. Which provides the best example for the word commemorate? A) Grendel fleeing back to his den. B) Hrothgar asking Beowulf to help fight Grendel. C) Unferth insulting Beowulf's legacy. D) The Danes celebrating Beowulf's defeat of Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Danes celebrating Beowulf's defeat of Grendel. 12. Why does Beowulf refuse when the people ask him to be king? A) There's already an heir to the throne. B) He is afraid. C) He is too old. D) He is shy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There's already an heir to the throne. 13. "Mankind's Enemy" for Grendel and the "whale road" for the ocean are examples of A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Epithet. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory. 14. Coiled- A) Produce or generate. B) Arrange or wind in a long sequence of rings or circles. C) Enjoy greatly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrange or wind in a long sequence of rings or circles. 15. Which of the following best describes the mead hall? A) A makeshift tent for men on the way to a battle. B) A lavish palace only for royalty. C) A dark, dreary lair for a monster. D) A warm, safe place for the community to gather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A warm, safe place for the community to gather. 16. What advice does King Hrothgar give Beowulf in being a great leader? A) Even-tempered, unselfish, prudent and resolute. B) Arrogant, selfish, impulsive, and hasty. C) Does not give advice. D) Doesn't actually mention these things verbally; is more of a leader by action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Even-tempered, unselfish, prudent and resolute. 17. A physical altercation with Grendel shook the mead hall. A) Brave. B) Physically Strong. C) Values Loyalty. D) Intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physically Strong. 18. Being nothing more than A) Hereafter. B) Paltry. C) Mere. D) Thus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mere. 19. The weather was growing worse, and I was getting sprayed with more and more ..... from the seas. A) Spin drift. B) Prow. C) Sheaf. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spin drift. 20. How long has Grendel been terrorizing Heorot? A) 5 years. B) 7 years. C) 12 years. D) 30 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12 years. ← 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