This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 146 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 146 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The great hall of the Danes A) Distorted. B) Hero. C) Horeot. D) Heorot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heorot. 2. Furiously angry A) Affliction. B) Purge. C) Lament. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Livid. 3. In defeating Grendel, Beowulf becomes a true hero. Thus, Grendel A) Dwells at the gates of difference. B) Polices the borders of the possible. C) Is really a kind of desire. D) Stands at the threshold of becoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stands at the threshold of becoming. 4. Before Beowulf arrives, the survivors of Grendel's attacks are those who A) Pretend to sleep. B) Show no fear. C) Fight as a united group. D) Leave the hall before nightfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leave the hall before nightfall. 5. How does Grendel's Mother die? A) Stabbed. B) Drowned. C) Sliced in half. D) Head cut off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Head cut off. 6. How does Beowulf eventually kill Grendel's mother? A) He strangles her with his supernatural strength. B) He cuts off her head with his sword, Hrunting. C) He cuts off her head with her giant sword. D) He doesn't really kill her, but he tells everyone that he did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He cuts off her head with her giant sword. 7. Barren A) Famous for being bad. B) Melted by heat. C) Unable to grow things. D) Something that causes pain or suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unable to grow things. 8. The monster's arm was ..... after Beowulf ripped it off. A) Lament. B) Loathsome. C) Purge. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Livid. 9. Beowulf is the oldest European text written in ..... A) Old English. B) Middle English. C) Latin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old English. 10. Beowulf's last words were about following the heroes who came before him. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Hrothgar is the only warrior to help Beowulf in his battle against the dragon. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. What kind of powers are attributed to Beowulf in the poem? A) Superhuman powers. B) Magical powers. C) Divine powers. D) Psychic powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superhuman powers. 13. An antonym of fiend is A) Cold. B) Angel. C) Demon. D) Flammable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angel. 14. Grendel is said to be the descendant of this man. A) Noah. B) Adam. C) Cain. D) Moses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cain. 15. They type of imagery that appeals to one's sense of smell is A) Tactile. B) Gustatory. C) Auditory. D) Olfactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olfactory. 16. Laments means to: A) Find comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness. B) To cleanse or purify. C) The act of making amends or compensating for a wrong. D) Expressing sorrow, mourning, or regret. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressing sorrow, mourning, or regret. 17. "Proffer" means to: A) Submit. B) Ramble. C) Collide. D) Hoard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Submit. 18. Beowulf was written around 1000 CE. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What is the name of Hrothgar's father? (104) A) Heathcliff. B) Half-day. C) Hrothgar sir. D) Distorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Half-day. 20. Definition = a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, raising their societal rank; an Anglo-Saxon soldier who serves the king A) Revel. B) Thane. C) Prowess. D) Mandate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thane. ← 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