This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 196 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 196 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does he kill Grendel, his first monster? A) He kills him with a sword. B) He tears off his arm. C) He throws arrows at him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He tears off his arm. 2. Anika, William, and Benjamin are playing a game of charades. Anika is acting out a word and the others have to guess it. She is trying to act in a way that is meant to (V) intimidate. What could be the word she is acting out? A) Insinuate. B) Guffaw. C) Malice. D) Daunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daunt. 3. What does the tribe do with the treasure? A) They take it back to Geatland. B) They give it to King Hrothgar. C) They bury it with Beowulf. D) They hide it in the monsters' lair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They bury it with Beowulf. 4. Who are the group of people Beowulf wants to help? A) The Geats. B) The Danes. C) The Wexans. D) The Visigoths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Danes. 5. What is the element of the hero's journey called where the hero fights his main adversary? A) The hero's resurrection. B) The supreme ordeal. C) The final battle. D) Tests, Allies and Enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The supreme ordeal. 6. For how many winters did Beowulf rule? (Beowulf Becomes King) A) 100. B) 75. C) 60. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50. 7. Why can't Hrothgar and his men defeat Grendel? A) Hrothgar and his men are too weak. B) Grendel is invisible. C) Grendel has cast a magic spell on Hrothgar and his men. D) Hrothgar and his men seek help from pagan gods instead of the one true God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar and his men seek help from pagan gods instead of the one true God. 8. What does "PURGE" mean? A) A journey to a historical or religious site. B) To eliminate or wash away. C) Tense or tightly flexed. D) A journey to a historical or religious site. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To eliminate or wash away. 9. Betrayal or deception A) Bequeath. B) Resolute. C) Pyre. D) Treacherous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treacherous. 10. When was the epic poem Beowulf composed? A) 8th century. B) 11th century. C) 5th century. D) 15th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11th century. 11. What is the name of the chief Pagan god? A) Loki. B) Zeus. C) Odin. D) Thunor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odin. 12. Where did Grendal go to die? A) Mead hall. B) Underwater lair. C) Heorot. D) The woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Underwater lair. 13. What is the name of the Scandinavian people who live in southern Sweden? A) Danes. B) Scoles. C) Geats. D) Welsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geats. 14. Is a pause or a break in a line of poetry A) Archetype. B) Cesura. C) Theory. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cesura. 15. Measurement of how much space, horizontal and vertical, is included in a single visual A) Panel. B) Stalk. C) Brood. D) Angle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angle. 16. To contradict means ..... A) To say the same thing. B) To say/do the opposite, inconsistent. C) To attack. D) To claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To say/do the opposite, inconsistent. 17. "and the desolate fens; he had dwelt for a time"This is an example of: A) Theory. B) Rhythm. C) Cutting. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cutting. 18. What importance things were said in honor of Beowulf in the closing lines of the poem? "Of all the kings in the world Beowulf they named the ..... " A) Mightiest in valour. B) The mildest. C) The most kind to his people. D) The keenest for praise. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 19. How does he kill her? A) By cutting off his head. B) With a sword made of magical metal. C) By tearing off his arm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a sword made of magical metal. 20. Where did Beowulf request that he be buried? A) Near the sea. B) Inside a barrow on the coast. C) At the place where he has slain the dragon. D) Inside his palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inside a barrow on the coast. ← 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