This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 166 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 166 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What, according to Beowulf, is better than mourning a death? A) Drinking one's sorrows away. B) Avenging a death. C) Celebrating a birth. D) Making peace with one's enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avenging a death. 2. Grendel was a monster A) Dragon. B) MOnster. C) Shark. D) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MOnster. 3. Beowulf asked Wiglaf to A) Punish all the nobles who had run away from the dragon. B) Take care of his horse. C) Bury his bones on a mountain top. D) Show him the treasures from the dragon's cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Show him the treasures from the dragon's cave. 4. "By morning; the monster's mind was hot" (This is an example of a(n) ..... ) A) Pun. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 5. How man warriors does Beowulf take with him? A) 100. B) 50. C) 14. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 6. Why doesn't Beowulf use weapons to fight Grendel? A) He says he is better than that. B) He does use weapons but they don't work. C) Grendel breaks Beowulf's weapons. D) Beowulf wants it to be a fair fight since Grendel doesn't use weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf wants it to be a fair fight since Grendel doesn't use weapons. 7. A poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost. A) Elegy. B) Epic. C) Sonnet. D) Cesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 8. What does Wiglaf's fighting the dragon tell you about the importance of honor in the Anglo-Saxon period? A) A warrior protects his king even at the risk of his own life. B) Courage is knowing when an enemy's threat is too great. C) A king's greatness is measured by how much his people love him. D) Fighting to the death is the only way to be immortalized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A warrior protects his king even at the risk of his own life. 9. In the Late Middle Ages, the first British king to speak English didn't reign until A) 1327-1377. B) 1377-1397. C) 1327-1357. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1327-1377. 10. The name of the hall that Grendel attacks is called ..... A) Hall's Chophouse. B) Heron. C) Carnegie Hall. D) Distorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distorted. 11. Moored A) Soft light wood. B) Decorative triangular-shaped roofing structures. C) A recurring theme, subject or idea. D) Secure a ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secure a ship. 12. A synonym for ignominious would be ..... A) Honor. B) Humiliating. C) Honor. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humiliating. 13. Beowulf was: A) Average size. B) Below average size. C) Above average size. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Below average size. 14. Epic poetry of this time period consisted of: A) It contains four stressed syllables. B) It contains four unstressed syllables. C) It has two consecutive stressed syllables followed by a series of alternating stressed andunstressed syllables. D) It consists of four metrical feet that each have one stressed syllable followed by oneunstressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It consists of four metrical feet that each have one stressed syllable followed by oneunstressed syllable. 15. Which word best describes something that is "gruesome" ? A) Beautiful. B) Terrifying. C) Delicious. D) Colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terrifying. 16. Type of characterization where the author tells us directly how a character is A) Theory. B) Motivation. C) Direct. D) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct. 17. What seems to be the reason Grendel first attacks? A) He hates their happiness. B) He is afraid of them. C) He wants to find some friends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hates their happiness. 18. One of the dimensions of agility that means testing out new ideas. A) Reflecting. B) Thriving. C) Experimenting. D) Collaborating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experimenting. 19. Choose a synonym for the word grim A) Uninviting. B) Funny. C) Squishy. D) Welcoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uninviting. 20. Nature had made him mean, the smallpox had made him hideous, and his degraded habits made him ..... A) Famous. B) Livid. C) Loathsome. D) Talon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loathsome. ← 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