This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 161 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 161 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The author of The Canterbury Tales is A) Bede. B) Thomas Malory. C) Geoffrey Chaucer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geoffrey Chaucer. 2. Which word describes something as 'gruesome'? A) Lament. B) Triumph. C) Proclaim. D) Something extremely unpleasant or disgusting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something extremely unpleasant or disgusting. 3. What is the main purpose of the prologue in Beowulf? A) To foreshadow the conflict in the story. B) To introduce the main characters of the story. C) To provide background information and set the stage for the story. D) To summarize the events of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide background information and set the stage for the story. 4. How does the fight in the lake with Grendel's mom contrast with the fight with Grendel? A) Beowulf uses weapons in the lake and the opponent doesn't show fear. B) Beowulf uses weapons in the lake and the opponent shows fear. C) Beowulf doesn't use any weapons because they are all useless against both monsters. D) Beowulf doesn't use any weapons, but the opponent does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf uses weapons in the lake and the opponent doesn't show fear. 5. Asunder A) Separated, torn apart. B) Robbed of something. C) Very difficult. D) Hateful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Separated, torn apart. 6. In the Anglo-Saxon communal hall, heroic narratives were told by skilled storytellers called A) Monks. B) Warriors. C) Scopes. D) Witans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scopes. 7. Newly created or noticed and growing in strength or popularity A) Adequate. B) Emerging. C) Encounter. D) Brand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emerging. 8. How long did Beowulf rule the Geats? A) 25 years. B) 35 years. C) 50 years. D) 55 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50 years. 9. What do most of Beowulf's warriors do when they see he is losing the battle with the dragon? A) Fall to their knees and pray to pagan gods. B) Fall to their knees and pray to the Christian God. C) Run away from their king in his time of need. D) Rush in to help their king in his time of need. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run away from their king in his time of need. 10. Beowulf lives a quiet, peaceful life; shares most of his wealth from King Hrothgar; protects Hardred until he dies in battle. He is then asked what question? A) To be captain of the Geats army. B) To be king of Geats. C) To marry the queen of the Geats. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be king of Geats. 11. Which of the following is NOT one of the three tribes who formed the Anglo-Saxons? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK2) A) Angles. B) Saxons. C) Jews. D) Jutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jews. 12. Her ..... glance was brief, but it made the frightened child retreat. A) Loathsome. B) Baleful. C) Unrelenting. D) Wail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baleful. 13. This man is killed by Grendel's mother A) Ashes. B) Hrothgar. C) Hagrid. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashes. 14. What is the name of the main character in Beowulf? A) Wiglaf. B) Beowulf. C) Hrothgar. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 15. The Anglo-Saxons practiced retributive justice. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. To hand down, to give or to leave in a will A) Bane. B) Tempered. C) Gannet. D) Bequeath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bequeath. 17. Pus-filled, liquidy pimples A) Boils. B) Culprits. C) Ogres. D) Lurked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boils. 18. Insinuation A) Violent and needless disturbance. B) Sorrowful through loss or deprivation. C) An indirect (and usually malicious) implication. D) A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An indirect (and usually malicious) implication. 19. The Germanic and Scandinavian tribes did what with the religion of the people they conquered? A) Brought it to new shores and lands. B) Adopted it. C) Destroyed it. D) Left it alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adopted it. 20. A man stumbled on The entrance, went in, discovered the ancient Treasure, the pagan jewels and gold The dragon had been guarding ..... A) Infamous. B) Relish. C) Brood. D) Spoils. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spoils. ← 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