This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 159 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 159 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The theme of this story is: A) Do not travel to foreign lands. B) Monsters can ruin kingdoms. C) Great heroes always defeat evil. D) Be afraid of magical beings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great heroes always defeat evil. 2. Who kills Beowulf? A) A monster. B) A dragon. C) A horse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dragon. 3. Vicious monster who struck down 30 Danes in their sleep. A) Beowulf. B) Grendel. C) Grendel's Mother. D) Higlac. E) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel. 4. War-gear A) Horse. B) Mead. C) Armor. D) Bravery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Armor. 5. Human, causing death, having to do with death A) Apprehensive. B) Mortal. C) Agile. D) Spoils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mortal. 6. At the beginning of a movie, large crowds of people are running away from something, but the viewer has no idea what it is. Five minutes into the movie, the action switches back to show where a little boy opens the lion's cage at the zoo. This is an example of A) Deus ex machina. B) Literary present. C) In medias res. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In medias res. 7. What does the line "His soul left his flesh, flew to glory" suggest? A) Beowulf had an honorable death. B) Beowulf would be punished for his greed. C) Beowulf shape shifted into a bird. D) Beowulf didn't die. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf had an honorable death. 8. Before written documentation, how were most stories passed down? A) They made new ones up every time they wanted to tell a story. B) Through memorization and oral tradition. C) Through pictures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through memorization and oral tradition. 9. This is the name of Unferth's sword that he gives to Beowulf A) Excalibur. B) Half-day. C) Hrunting. D) Wealhtheow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hrunting. 10. Edgetho's son A) Higlac. B) Beowulf. C) Grendel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 11. A resting place of a wild animal A) Liar. B) Talon. C) Spawned. D) Lair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lair. 12. A ring-giver A) Hrothgar. B) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar. 13. Wiglaf was the one noble who remained loyal to Beowulf. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. How does Beowulf seem superhuman the day he defeated Grendel's mother? A) He swam for the better part of a day. B) He fought underwater against an incredible foe. C) He swam up from the cave with Grendel's huge head, a sword, and his armor. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. The journey of the hero and the epic hero are examples of: A) Emphasis. B) Diverse. C) Status. D) Archetypes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archetypes. 16. Dark and gloomy A) Murky. B) Loathsome. C) Gorge. D) Taut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Murky. 17. The word patriarchal refers to a society run by A) Women. B) Converted pagans. C) Warriors. D) Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Men. 18. "shepherd of evil, guardian of crime" (line 273) "the afflictor/Of men, tormentor of their days" (lines 331-32) The above excerpts are examples of ..... A) The Anglo-Saxon concept of wyrd. B) Kennings that describe Grendel's mother. C) Kennings that describe Grendel. D) Biblical allusions that reiterate Grendel's evil nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kennings that describe Grendel. 19. Beowulf confronts..... and rips off his arm. A) Debt. B) Arturo. C) Waitress. D) Grendel. E) Received. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel. 20. Beowulf is set around ..... A) 500 CE. B) 100 CE. C) 2022 CE. D) 1000 CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 500 CE. ← 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