This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 178 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 178 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The King was ..... and placed as head of the royal family. A) Exalted. B) Fetter. C) Reproach. D) Fetter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exalted. 2. Over time, many of Beowulf's people lost respect for him. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. In the context of the entire poem, the dragon fight can be seen as a symbol of: A) Beowulf's past mistakes. B) Old age impacting abilities when challenged. C) The fiery nature of revenge. D) The lurking danger of greed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old age impacting abilities when challenged. 4. Beowulf is the earliest know English ..... A) Limerick. B) Epic Poem. C) Haiku. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic Poem. 5. Who is the King of the Danes and for what problem does he need help? A) Beowulf; a superiority complex. B) Unferth; alcoholism. C) Ecgtheow; a hulking man/monster who ate all of his men. D) Hrothgar; a hulking man/monster who ate most of his men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar; a hulking man/monster who ate most of his men. 6. Metaphoric compound words in the place of simple nouns. A) Theme. B) Alliteration. C) Cesura. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory. 7. Grendel's mother most represents the idea A) That the monster is really a type of desire. B) That the monster always escapes. C) That the monster dwells at the gates of difference. D) That the monster polices the borders of the possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That the monster always escapes. 8. Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold A) Comity. B) Thane. C) Scop. D) Monger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monger. 9. A wild uproar or commotion A) Exultation. B) Timorous. C) Pandemonium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pandemonium. 10. What does Beowulf warn Hygelac of (that there might be consequences)? A) A future battle between friends. B) A betrothal between rival clans. C) Hrothgar's Death. D) The Attack of the Dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A betrothal between rival clans. 11. Where did the treasure the Dragon is guarding come from and what do the dragon and treasure represent on an allegorical level? A) Another ill-fated Kingdom; representing what Beowulf could let his Kingdom become if he leads them astray with worldly pursuits as he becomes the King that Hrothgar warned him not to become). B) A kingdom that triumphed like Beowulf and his Kingdom will eventually triumph. C) The gold and Dragon are everything Beowulf cannot have. D) The gold is the Dragon and the Dragon is the gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Another ill-fated Kingdom; representing what Beowulf could let his Kingdom become if he leads them astray with worldly pursuits as he becomes the King that Hrothgar warned him not to become). 12. Loathsome is: A) Long poem about a hero. B) Incapable of making mistakes. C) A pause in the middle of a line. D) Hatred or disgust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hatred or disgust. 13. What is the gutter? A) When an image goes past the border of the page. B) The box around the images. C) When a draft isn't used because it has errors. D) The space between the panels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The space between the panels. 14. Which word means to inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another) A) Avenge. B) Plight. C) Unrelenting. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avenge. 15. Sloping masses of rocky fragments A) Felicity. B) Pinioned. C) Bane. D) Screes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Screes. 16. Express verbally A) Sought. B) Utter. C) Groped. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Utter. 17. Has become an old man in his grief A) Hrothgar. B) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar. 18. Home of the gods A) Asgard. B) Midgard. C) Aesir. D) Hel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asgard. 19. Which of our characters worships gold beyond all else? A) Grendel. B) Grendel's mother. C) The dragon. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dragon. 20. It opposes the main character/ protagonist A) Antagonist. B) Extra character. C) Supporting character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. ← 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