This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 217 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 217 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Whom does Grendel's mother abduct and decapitate? A) Hrothgar. B) Beowulf. C) Ashes. D) Wulfgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashes. 2. Why do people leave the treasure in the mountain alone? A) It was given back to the earth and would be a sin to take it. B) It is haunted. C) It is protected by a dragon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was given back to the earth and would be a sin to take it. 3. True/False ..... Many Anglo Saxons were illiterate A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. ( adj.) Causing hatred or disgust; repulsive A) Harrowing. B) Loathsome. C) Mourn. D) Malignant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loathsome. 5. Select the correct term for the following definition:express criticism towards A) Infamous. B) Reproach. C) Exalted. D) Solace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reproach. 6. How was the Beowulf story originally passed A) By passing books through families. B) By word of mouth. C) By Song. D) By plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By word of mouth. 7. According to Anglo-Saxon beliefs, the relationship of a warrior and his lord must follow this particular code. A) Moral Code. B) Blood Oath Vengeance Code. C) Civilization code. D) Morse Code. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blood Oath Vengeance Code. 8. What is the name of the place fallen warriors go after death? A) Valhalla. B) Hades. C) Trill. D) Valkyrie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valhalla. 9. What does Beowulf hang as a trophy following the battle with Grendel? A) Grendel's head. B) His sword. C) A dragon Tooth. D) Grendel's arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel's arm. 10. Brief and to the point A) Brief. B) Expound. C) Livid. D) Solace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brief. 11. The rock climber was full of gumption.In this sentence, gumption means ..... A) Having a lazy attitude. B) Having fortitude and determination. C) Having a cheerful disposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having fortitude and determination. 12. If someone is "writhing" in pain, what are they doing? A) Standing still. B) Laughing loudly. C) Moving uncontrollably or twisting in agony. D) Dancing gracefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moving uncontrollably or twisting in agony. 13. This is the monster that Beowulf kills bare handed by ripping off their arm. A) Beow. B) Grendel's Mother. C) The Dragon. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel. 14. The ..... kitten would not come out from under the bed. A) Wry. B) Uncouth. C) Timorous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timorous. 15. Who is the person most likely to have written it down? A) A scribe. B) A scop. C) A monk. D) A warrior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A monk. 16. What does Hrothgar call his Hall? A) Grendel. B) Yrs. C) Distorted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distorted. 17. The Danish king is plagued by Cain's hideous offspring. A) Beowulf. B) Edgetho. C) Higlac. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar. 18. Who Said it: "Fighting that monster is like fighting the sea" ? A) Beowulf. B) Wiglaf. C) Unferth. D) The Coast Guard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Coast Guard. 19. Compound words to describe and replace a noun A) Plight. B) Theory. C) Theme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 20. How does the mead hall, Herot, symbolize in the narrative? A) Corruption and evil. B) Community and civilization. C) The transient nature of joy. D) The dangers of excess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community and civilization. ← 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