This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 208 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 208 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Unferth's sword had tasted blood in many battles" . This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Juxtaposition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 2. What did they think strength was in the story of Beowulf? A) Only fate can give you strength. B) Physical strength= power. C) In order to be strong you have to be Beowulf. D) Strength was not important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical strength= power. 3. From what era is Beowulf? A) Anglo-Norman. B) Anglo-Saxon. C) Anglo-Germanic. D) Anglo-European. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anglo-Saxon. 4. How does Hrothgar describe the lake where Grendel and his mother live? A) Beautiful and peaceful. B) Ominous and dark. C) Wild and exciting. D) Vibrant and safe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ominous and dark. 5. When the characters eat together, they are A) Having communion. B) Being baptized. C) Restoring light. D) Experiencing a rebirth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having communion. 6. A long narrative poem that traces the adventures of a great hero A) Elegy. B) Epic. C) Epic Hero. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 7. How did Grendel react to the chaos he caused? A) He gurgled and laughed. B) He roared with terror. C) He smashed about destroying everything. D) He retreated into the night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He gurgled and laughed. 8. The Geats waited for Beowulf to return from the underwater lair when others had given up on Beowulf. A) Brave. B) Physically Strong. C) Values Loyalty. D) Intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Values Loyalty. 9. Why is Healfdane's son (Hrothgar) described as experiencing "living sorrow" in thepassage? A) He has lost a loved one in battle. B) He is suffering from a severe illness. C) His kingdom is under attack by Grendel. D) He is grieving the death of his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His kingdom is under attack by Grendel. 10. Is a metaphor for greed A) Grendel's mother. B) The dragon. C) Grendel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dragon. 11. The original owner of the treasure puts a curse on it. Beowulf dies to earn the treasure for his people. Wiglaf and the people ..... A) Divide the treasure among themselves. B) Give away the treasure in exchange for peace. C) Bury the treasure by Beowulf's tower. D) Gift the cursed treasure to their enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bury the treasure by Beowulf's tower. 12. Which quote describes the battle scene between Beowulf and Grendel most vividly (a feature of epic poems)? A) 'He ripped opening the building, maddening for blood.'. B) 'He mauled a man on his bench, bit into his bone-lappings and gorged on him in lumps.'. C) 'The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered.'. D) 'Fingers were bursting, the monster back-tracking, the man overpowering.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Fingers were bursting, the monster back-tracking, the man overpowering.'. 13. Cutting A) A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. B) Repetition of initial consonant sounds. C) Repetition of vowel sounds. D) Two-word renaming of a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. 14. Thane is another word for ..... A) Knight. B) Soldier. C) Son. D) Traitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knight. 15. Is an underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand A) Theme. B) Denmark. C) Sweden. D) Universal Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 16. To enjoy keenly A) Affliction. B) Lament. C) Relish. D) Gorge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relish. 17. Your grandmother might love to tell long tales all about her storied past as a Hollywood starlet.In this sentence, storied means ..... A) Having a really bad past. B) Having an illustrious/glorious past. C) Looking toward the future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having an illustrious/glorious past. 18. The prefix "anti" means A) Bad. B) Wrong. C) Against. D) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Against. 19. To gather into a compact roll and bind securely A) Vehemently. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Furled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Furled. 20. According to Michael Woods, what is the significance of Grendel's mother? A) She is yet another monster that Beowulf must overcome to prove himself the greatest warrior. B) She is a perverse mirror to mankind in that she is like us, feeling the pain of the loss of a loved one. C) She represents the evil in the world that men must overcome. D) She is more like us than we would like her to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is a perverse mirror to mankind in that she is like us, feeling the pain of the loss of a loved one. ← 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