This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 213 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 213 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A pause in anglo-saxon poetry, used for dramatic purpose, is called ..... A) A cut. B) A tenor. C) A kennings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cut. 2. Choose the best word, from this week's vocabulary list. Insight A) Vision. B) Visionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vision. 3. Why did the queen not agree with Unferth's ideas regarding the death of the men? A) She stated that it was only a tale to frighten children when they were naughty. B) She stated that nobody believes the tales anymore. C) She said that if you are bad Grendel will gobble you up. D) Her nurse told her the story then told her it was made up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She stated that it was only a tale to frighten children when they were naughty. 4. Discomfort or distress A) Grate. B) Loathe. C) Solace. D) Vexation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vexation. 5. The King of the Danes who has become weak in his battle against the monster A) King Grendel. B) King Hrothgar. C) King Unferth. D) King Dan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Hrothgar. 6. Which form of English was Beowulf first written? A) Old. B) Middle. C) Early Modern. D) Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old. 7. What literary device do we see throughout the entire piece of Beowulf? A) Iambic pentameter. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic pentameter. 8. Who Said it: "' I've never believed the stories about Grendel ..... They're told just to frighten children. No one believes in that kind of thing anymore"' A) Beowulf. B) Unferth. C) Wealtheow/ The Queen. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wealtheow/ The Queen. 9. How does Beowulf explore the theme of heroism? A) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Grendel. B) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Wiglaf. C) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Beowulf himself. D) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Beowulf himself. 10. Which of the following is NOT true about Beowulf? A) Takes place in 500 A.D. B) Author is unknown. C) Second oldest surviving poem. D) Written in 700 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second oldest surviving poem. 11. Beowulf taught others that to overcome an opponent, sometimes you have to use cunning and not just brute strength. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Flat Character A) Develops and changes throughout the story. B) Varied and contradictory traits. C) Stereotype. D) Stays the same from beginning to end. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Develops and changes throughout the story. 13. Who says "They have seen my strength for themselves, have watched me rise from the darkness of war, dripping with my enemies blood" A) Grendel. B) Beowulf. C) Hrothgar. D) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 14. What characteristics did Beowulf show in the story? A) Superhuman strength, courage, honor, and loyalty. B) Narcissistic, boastful, aggressive, and average. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superhuman strength, courage, honor, and loyalty. 15. Then ....., as love for his lord flashed into rage, unshielded sprang at the beast. Into that fiery furnace he thrust his sword ..... A) Beowulf. B) Hygelac. C) Unferth. D) Wiglaf. E) Headred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wiglaf. 16. (verb) to cleanse or rid of something undesirable A) Lair. B) Livid. C) Purge. D) Talon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purge. 17. Wergild means..... A) Man-Price. B) Bargain-Price. C) Discount-Price. D) Woman-Price. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man-Price. 18. Hrothgar's mead-hall A) Unferth. B) Grendel. C) Hygelac. D) Heorot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heorot. 19. During Beowulf's fight with the dragon, all of his men A) Stay and fight with him. B) Run and flee to the forest. C) Run and flee to the forest, except for one who stays and fights with him. D) Eat their dinner while watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run and flee to the forest, except for one who stays and fights with him. 20. He was ..... for his hard work by getting a trophy and cash prize A) Lauded. B) Plundered. C) Omened. D) Afflicted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lauded. ← 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