This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 168 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 168 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Cain's clan, whom the creator had outlawed and condemned as outcasts" is mostly an example of which poetic device? A) Alliteration. B) Theory. C) Cesura. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 2. Beowulf is a member of the ..... A) Danes. B) Geats. C) Anglo-Saxons. D) Vikings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geats. 3. Boasting is to ..... A) To hate yourself. B) To draw. C) To help others. D) Talk about yourself in a positive way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talk about yourself in a positive way. 4. Sinews A) To steal. B) Ligaments and tendons. C) To spread or swarm. D) Triangle roof. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments and tendons. 5. What is elegiac poetry? A) Describes the deeds of warriors and rulers. B) Laments the deaths of loved ones and the passing of earlier, better times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laments the deaths of loved ones and the passing of earlier, better times. 6. Beowulf defeated Grendel's mother using what weapon? A) Karambit knife. B) Magical sword. C) Bow and arrow. D) Catapult. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catapult. 7. Which of the words in the list is the correct term for the definition shown below? (ELAGSE11-12L4; DOK1) The process of adopting the language and culture of a dominant social group or nation, or the state of being socially integrated into the culture of the dominant group in a society. A) Illiterate. B) Inventive. C) Assimilation. D) Ascendance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 8. A specialized metaphor made of compound words is a(n) ..... A) Theory. B) Artistic license. C) Motivation. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory. 9. Harrowing:distress, mortify, torment A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 10. Select an allusion you would expect to recognize in the Beowulf poem. A) I would expect to recognize an allusion to Shakespeare. B) I would expect to recognize an allusion to the bible. C) I would expect to recognize an allusion to Old English. D) I would expect to recognize an allusion to gladiator customs. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I would expect to recognize an allusion to the bible. 11. Adjectives that point out special traits of particular people or things. A) Dialogue. B) Epic. C) Stock epithets. D) Scopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stock epithets. 12. This Danish king is plagued by Cain's hideous offspring. A) Wealtheow. B) Hrothgar. C) Wexstan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hrothgar. 13. Why does no one realize that Grendel has attacked until morning? A) He was very quiet. B) He attacked in the morning. C) They were sleeping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were sleeping. 14. Which of the following lines does NOT demonstrate Beowulf's characteristics as an epic hero? A) "'I've never known fear, as a youth I fought in endless battles." ' (lines 608-9). B) " the strongest of the Geats-greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world-" (lines 110-11). C) " he knows of your noble birth and that having come to him from over the open sea you have come bravely " (lines 128-30). D) "I have heard, too, that the monster's scorn of men is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none." (lines 166-68). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I have heard, too, that the monster's scorn of men is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none." (lines 166-68). 15. Riddle:I'm a word of letters three, add two, and fewer there will be. What am I? A) No. B) One. C) Eye. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I. 16. Where a burial ship was uncovered A) Sutton Hoo. B) Dr. Strange's lair. C) New Mexico. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sutton Hoo. 17. Who is author of the Epic Poem? A) Mr Wulf. B) An unknown Monk. C) John Steinbeck. D) Prince Voldemort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An unknown Monk. 18. After listening to the opening lines of Beowulf, who is the famous king referred to? A) Beowulf. B) Shield Sheafson. C) Gilgamesh. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shield Sheafson. 19. Who is stronger:Beowulf or Bilbo? A) Beowulf. B) Bilbo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. 20. Where is our story taking place? A) Greece. B) England. C) Denmark. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denmark. ← 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