Beowulf Quiz 211 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the Anglo-Saxon word for poet?

Correct Answer: C) Scop.

2. Pyre

Correct Answer: C) Pile of wood for burning a dead body.

3. What is Grendel's lineage in Beowulf?

Correct Answer: B) Descendant of Cain.

4. According to the text, Hrothgar decides to build Heorot Hall mainly to .....

Correct Answer: D) Finally provide himself with a respectable throne-room.

5. Fraternity is

Correct Answer: A) A bond between men.

6. Bookworm = someone who reads a lot is an example of a(n)

Correct Answer: A) Theory.

7. Pause in a line of poetry

Correct Answer: B) Cutting.

8. How many years does Grendel terrorize King Hrothgar's kingdom?

Correct Answer: D) 12.

9. Song of deeds that narrates the exploits of a hero during his youth and maturity.

Correct Answer: E) Beowulf.

10. How does the Danish watcher react to Beowulf and his men's arrival?

Correct Answer: B) He tells them that they have not received permission to be there. He questions them.

11. The universal theme in Beowulf is .....

Correct Answer: A) Good vs. evil.

12. "Herald" means:

Correct Answer: B) Precursor.

13. In the opening lines of Beowulf, it is clear that Shield had a good start to his life.

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. What does Beowulf search for when he goes to Grendel's mother's lair?

Correct Answer: A) Grendel's body.

15. Who represents the shapeshifter in the story of Beowulf

Correct Answer: C) Unferth.

16. What is the new threat in Beowulf's kingdom?

Correct Answer: B) A dragon.

17. " ....., the tears torn out of Grendel's Taut throat, ..... " Taut most nearly means .....

Correct Answer: C) Stiff, rigid, tense, tight.

18. What reward does he receive?

Correct Answer: B) He is showered with gifts.

19. Beowulf es:

Correct Answer: B) An epic poem.

20. At the beginning of Cantos 20-21, Grendel's mother .....

Correct Answer: A) Has killed a friend of King Hrothgar's.