This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 169 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 169 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose a vocabulary word for the following definition:talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities A) Avenge. B) Boast. C) Heir. D) Renowned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boast. 2. Beowulf defeats Grendel's mother by using a giant magical ..... which is an example of ..... A) Dagger/personification. B) Catapult/irony. C) Sword/irony. D) Bow and arrow/personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sword/irony. 3. Who helped Beowulf kill the dragon? A) Unferth. B) Wiglaf. C) Hyglac. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wiglaf. 4. The manager's ..... attitude towards his subordinates made the workplace tense. A) Reproach. B) Malice. C) Infamous. D) Imperious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperious. 5. A pause, or break, near the middle of every line of poetry. A) Cesura. B) Theory. C) Alliteration. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cesura. 6. The criminal was permanently ( ) for attempting to overthrow the kingdom. A) Avenged. B) Exiled. C) Courteous. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exiled. 7. An adjective or other descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing. A) Epithet. B) Epic. C) Elegy. D) Cesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithet. 8. Personality A) Disposition. B) Loathsome. C) Pilgrimage. D) Sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disposition. 9. When Beowulf was composed, it was meant to be ..... A) Read aloud. B) Read in isolation. C) Read at funerals. D) The greatest poem ever written!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read aloud. 10. Beowulf changes from the beginning to the end of the story by ..... A) Being motivated by granting wergild or reparations to those he killed. B) He finally understands what it means to be a leader. C) Purging the lands of all that is evil. D) He doesn't change at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He doesn't change at all. 11. A style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. A) Dialogue. B) Satire. C) Voice. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 12. In Anglo-Saxon/Viking society, what is the Comitatus? A) The concept of fate or personal destiny. B) The man who holds land granted by the king. C) Compensation paid by a person committing an offence to the injured party. D) The name for a particular kind of relationship that existed historically between kings and warriors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The name for a particular kind of relationship that existed historically between kings and warriors. 13. How does Diazeugma enhance the epic nature? A) Diazeugma is a rhetorical device. B) It adds emphasis and power to Beowulf's storytelling, creates a sense of grandeur larger than life imagery in the poem. C) The use of diazeugma creates a sense of Humour. D) It enhance the language but does not affect the peom's nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It adds emphasis and power to Beowulf's storytelling, creates a sense of grandeur larger than life imagery in the poem. 14. Poets and performers in Anglo-Saxon culture. A) Scopes. B) Stock epithets. C) Epic. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scopes. 15. How does the theme of heroism contribute to the plot of Beowulf? A) The theme of heroism is not important in Beowulf. B) Heroism creates unnecessary conflicts and obstacles in the story. C) Heroism has no impact on the plot of Beowulf. D) Heroism drives the actions of the characters and influences their relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heroism drives the actions of the characters and influences their relationships. 16. Beowulf was memorized and shared aloud to an audience. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. How does Beowulf and his men travel to help the Danes fight Grendel? A) By foot. B) By horse. C) By boat. D) By carriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By boat. 18. Cringing in fear A) Writhing. B) Fetter. C) Loathsome. D) Cowering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cowering. 19. Once conquered, Albion became what is now known as? A) Finland. B) Norway. C) France. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 20. (adj) having gray or white hair; aged: A) Massive. B) Loathsome. C) Blunt. D) Hoary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hoary. ← 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