This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 191 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 191 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following was one of the most important influences on the development of England's modern culture? A) A strongly fortified coastline preventing outside influence. B) A series of violent invasions and occupations. C) Peaceful cooperation with the Vikings. D) The creation of an unrivaled army. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A series of violent invasions and occupations. 2. Grendel was a ( ) monster, rejected by all. A) Courteous. B) Righteous. C) Vile. D) Pagan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vile. 3. Beowulf does this after his battle with Grendel: A) Drags his body through the streets. B) Takes over as king. C) Hangs Grendel's arm in the hall rafters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hangs Grendel's arm in the hall rafters. 4. Disease, disorder, complaint A) Malignant. B) Harrowing. C) Affliction. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affliction. 5. A larger than life figure who goes on a great journey and performs great deeds is called ..... A) A bard. B) An archetype. C) Epic hero. D) A foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic hero. 6. What literary device is used in the following line:Blundering back with the butchered corpses? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Monopolies. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. The character of Grendel is portrayed as A) The son of Adam. B) The descendant of Cain. C) The son of the devil. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The descendant of Cain. 8. Fetters A) A chain used to restrain a prisoner. B) A person who does not belong to a widely held religion as regarded by those who do. C) A Heathen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A chain used to restrain a prisoner. 9. The author of Beowulf is (a) A) Chaucer. B) Fitzgerald. C) A Unknown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Unknown. 10. Beowulf's apparent successor is ..... A) Hrothgar. B) Wiglaf. C) Hrunting. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wiglaf. 11. Who did the most to unify England? A) Julius Caesar. B) Alfred the Great. C) The Vikings. D) The scribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alfred the Great. 12. The two expressions from Beowulf whale road= sea and bone house=body are examples of A) Wyrd. B) Kennings. C) Unity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kennings. 13. Beowulf successfully defeated numerous monsters. A) Brave. B) Physically Strong. C) Values Loyalty. D) Intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physically Strong. 14. What does Beowulf use to defeat Grendel? A) A magic sword. B) His bare hands. C) An axe. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His bare hands. 15. Which word is a synonym (same) for perish? A) Ruler. B) Fight. C) Create. D) Die. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Die. 16. Who stabbed one of Hrothgar's men in the back and stole Grendel's arm? A) Beowulf. B) Unferth. C) Wiglaf. D) Grendel's Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unferth. 17. Beowulf believed that once someone or something became evil, no good could be found in it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Valuable object belonging to a family for generations A) Immemorial. B) Le samurai family. C) Pyre. D) Heirloom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heirloom. 19. Making twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body A) Cowering. B) Infamous. C) Writhing. D) Purge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writhing. 20. Beowulf slays Grendel in order to ..... A) Keep Herot from being destroyed. B) To protect his family and defend his throne. C) Carry off the treasure in Grendel's lair. D) Prevent Grendel from invading the land of the Geats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep Herot from being destroyed. ← 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