Beowulf Quiz 216 (20 MCQs)

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1. The opposite of assailable is:

Correct Answer: A) Invulnerable.

2. An Epic Hero has a weakness.

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. Who dies in the end?

Correct Answer: A) Beowulf.

4. What happens when the dragon emerges?

Correct Answer: C) The fight begins.

5. How does the final battle end?

Correct Answer: A) Beowulf kills the dragon but is mortally wounded.

6. Which of the following is a ANTONYM for valor

Correct Answer: A) Cowardice.

7. Which subtopics are covered in the prologue of Beowulf?

Correct Answer: D) Lineage of Danish kings and arrival of Grendel.

8. How does the theme of heroism relate to Beowulf's character development in thispassage?

Correct Answer: C) Beowulf's character remains unchanged in relation to heroism.

9. What do you call a payment to compensate for injury or death?

Correct Answer: A) Wergild.

10. What is Grendel's mother's motivation for going to Herot?

Correct Answer: B) Revenge.

11. Who is the Norse goddess of the Underworld?

Correct Answer: A) Hel.

12. Comrades

Correct Answer: C) A companion who shares one's activities.

13. Why are there Christian influences in Beowulf?

Correct Answer: B) Christians changed details in Beowulf to try to convert the Anglo-Saxons.

14. What is the name of Hrothgar's mead hall?

Correct Answer: B) Herod.

15. Danish warrior who challenges Beowulf's ability.

Correct Answer: D) Unferth.

16. What kills Beowulf?

Correct Answer: D) Dragon injures his neck.

17. A gnarled old woman, hair wound Tight and gray on her head .....

Correct Answer: D) Hoary.

18. In the sentence "but the bold one found that the battle-flasher would bite no longer, nor harm her life, " battle-flasher is a kenning for .....

Correct Answer: A) Sword.

19. A hideous monster

Correct Answer: D) Grendel.

20. How many men did Beowulf bring with him?

Correct Answer: A) 15.