This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 132 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 132 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the name of the mead hall that Grendel invaded? A) Hrothgar. B) Distorted. C) Beowulf. D) Higlac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distorted. 2. Which of these does Beowulf not ask for before he dies? A) Wiglaf to be the new king. B) Wiglaf to get him some gold. C) Wiglaf to check if the dragon is dead. D) Wiglaf to build a tower in his honor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wiglaf to check if the dragon is dead. 3. Who transcribed Beowulf onto paper and added Christian elements to the story? A) 2 Christian monks. B) 3 Catholic nuns. C) Hrothgar's thanes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 Christian monks. 4. In the end Beowulf's body was A) Buried at sea with the treasure. B) Buried in the tomb of his ancestors. C) Burned in a funeral pyre. D) Stolen by the invading Swedes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burned in a funeral pyre. 5. Why did the dragon become angry? A) He was guarding treasure and someone took a cup. B) He woke up in a grumpy mood. C) He wanted a nap, and it was interrupted. D) He had a grudge against Beowulf and his people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was guarding treasure and someone took a cup. 6. Who said the following quote? "But I pray thee, hardy heroes, sit down to the feast." A) Beowulf. B) The King. C) Unferth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The King. 7. What happens to Beowulf's shield during his fight with the dragon? A) It melts. B) It breaks in half. C) It disappears from the dragon's magic. D) The dragon takes it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It melts. 8. Faced with Beowulf, Grendel's plan was A) To fight to the death. B) To seek out Hrothgar for help. C) To escape back to the marshes in fear. D) To call for his men as back up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To escape back to the marshes in fear. 9. In which century was Beowulf written? A) 10. B) 1945. C) 6. D) 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 10. How was Grendel defeated? A) His legs got cut off. B) His mom killed him. C) He was decapitated and he died instantly. D) His arm got cut off and he bled out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His arm got cut off and he bled out. 11. How many winters was Beowulf king before his death? A) 50 winters. B) 30 winters. C) 12 winters. D) 80 winters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50 winters. 12. Who said the following quote? "Never since I first laid my right hand to the sword and bore the shield on my left have I given this hall of the Danes to any man to keep." A) The King. B) Beowulf. C) Unferth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The King. 13. Does this quote from Beowulf contain a kenning renaming one of the main characters? Grendel was the name of this grim demon A) Theory. B) The traction g. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The traction g. 14. He is the king of the Danes A) Grendel. B) Beowulf. C) Hrothgar. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hrothgar. 15. The horrors of war include ..... the plundering and ransacking of the defeated and their homes, the terrible, unrestrained preying on the conquered. A) Ravening. B) Retaliation. C) Depredation. D) Scourging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depredation. 16. Comitatus was the reward a king would award his subjects for loyalty and success in battle A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Companions A) Threshold. B) Comrades. C) Utters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comrades. 18. When it says that Unferth is vexed Beowulf, vexed can best be defined as ..... A) Respectful. B) Star struck. C) Bothered. D) Friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bothered. 19. What initial request does Beowulf make of Hrothgar? A) Gold & land. B) For the Geats to fight Grendel alone. C) For Hrothgar to convert to paganism. D) To marry Hrothgar's beautiful daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For the Geats to fight Grendel alone. 20. BEOWULF was originally told orally and most likely written down by a A) Governor. B) Monk. C) Housewife. D) Unknown person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monk. ← 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