This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 226 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 226 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is Hrethel A) Beowulf's father. B) Beowulf's cousin. C) Beowulf's uncle. D) Beowulf's grandfather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf's grandfather. 2. How was Beowulf able to defeat the monster's mother? A) He was strong enough to use the magic sword he just happened to find. B) Using her own dagger on her. C) Pure determination. D) He had help from his warriors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was strong enough to use the magic sword he just happened to find. 3. Crept, sneaked, stalked A) Lurked. B) Weary. C) Culprits. D) Vengeance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lurked. 4. What is direct speech? A) These are the exact words spoken by a person written down. B) This is when a writer reports that someone has said without using their exact words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) These are the exact words spoken by a person written down. 5. How is Beowulf immortalized? A) The Geats construct a tower/barrow in his memory. B) The Danes construct a tower/barrow in his memory. C) His descendants are as countless as the stars. D) Thy Geats display his armor and treasure for all who come to visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Geats construct a tower/barrow in his memory. 6. Background of epic poems. A) Troyas. B) Jarchas. C) Romanceros. D) A gesture. E) Juglares. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A gesture. 7. Which of the following is not a strength of Beowulf? A) Accepts weaknesses. B) Developes strengths in other areas. C) Good, brave man. D) Uses physical appearances to defeat enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uses physical appearances to defeat enemies. 8. Why is "Beowulf" significant to historians? A) It references the bible. B) It is the first written English literature that we know of. C) It references Greek myths. D) It was in a church fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the first written English literature that we know of. 9. Beowulf is helped in battle by this man: A) Unferth. B) Hrothgar. C) Grendel. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wiglaf. 10. What does Grendel's mother take with her when she leaves Heorot? A) Beowulf's sword. B) Hrothgar's queen. C) Grendel's arm and a warrior. D) Some of Beowulf's men. E) Hrothgar's sword and armour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel's arm and a warrior. 11. Ambition:listless, lazy, complacent A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonym. 12. Pick the best ANTONYM for the word loathsome A) Best. B) Lovable. C) Angry. D) Absent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lovable. 13. " ..... mounted their hard-hooved Horses, high-spirited stallions, and rode them slowly toward Herot again, ..... " Identify the figurative language. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Extended metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 14. How was wealth shaped according to the text? A) With hard work. B) With intelligence. C) With luck. D) With a sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With a sword. 15. What was the name of the one warrior who was loyal to Beowulf out of the eleven he chose to go with him to fight the Dragon? A) Heorot. B) Hrunting. C) Heroic fire. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wiglaf. 16. A state of anxious uncertainty about what may happen in a story A) Suspense. B) Biblical allusion. C) Anglo-Saxon. D) Epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspense. 17. The monster intended to ..... himself on the warriors sleeping in the hall. A) Purge. B) Talon. C) Gorge. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gorge. 18. What angered the Firedrake? A) Someone woke him up. B) Someone stole a cup from his treasure. C) Beowulf's bees. D) Grendel's mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone stole a cup from his treasure. 19. Who is believed to have written Beowulf? A) A Christian poet. B) A Danish king. C) A Germanic warrior. D) A Mercian scribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Christian poet. 20. The result of Beowulf's battle with Grendel is ..... A) Beowulf loses and Grendel takes over the mead hall for good. B) Beowulf loses and Grendel drags his body back to the swap. C) Beowulf wins and replaces Hrothgar as king. D) Beowulf wins and uses Grendel's arm/shoulder as a trophy for his win. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf wins and uses Grendel's arm/shoulder as a trophy for his win. ← 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