Beowulf Quiz 134 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who stayed loyal to Beowulf after he was defeated and killed the dragon?
2. For which of the following would you most likely have to make reparation?
3. Define county.
4. The text also mentions a psychological reason that Grendel might hate the men of Heorot so much. What is that reason?
5. Great happiness
6. A reference to the bible
7. Grendel caused problems for the Danes for
8. When facing his own death, Beowulf reflects on
9. Shame he reckoned it, sharer-of-rings, to follow the flyer-afar with a host, a broad-flung band; nor the battle feared he, nor deemed he dreadful the dragon's warring, its vigor and valor:ventures desperate he had passed a-plenty, and perils of war, contest-crash, since, conqueror proud, Hrothgar's hall he had wholly purged, and in grapple had killed the kin of Grendel, loathsome breed! 1. Which of these is a kenning?
10. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
11. Where can you find the original copy of "Beowulf?"
12. Who built Herot Hall?
13. What was the heroic ideal?
14. A very long poem with a larger than life hero is called a .....
15. Greatest and strongest of the Geats
16. What sort of problem is Beowulf having to deal with in his kingdom; even in advanced age?
17. Gendel represents
18. How does Beowulf defeat Grendel, and what happens to Grendel?
19. Beowulf's countrymen are encouraging him to do what in these lines? "This my earls then urged me, the most excellent of them, Carles very clever, to come and assist thee, Folk-leader Hrothgar; fully they knew ofThe strength of my body."
20. Definition = provided, supplied, or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature)