This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 82 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 82 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which quote is alliteration used to suggest the strength that Beowulf will need in battle against Grendel? A) 'privilege of purifying Heorot.'. B) 'fight with the fiend.'. C) 'if Grendel wins it will be a gruesome day.'. D) 'feed on it alone in a cruel frenzy.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'fight with the fiend.'. 2. What is the definition of AFFLICTION? A) To cleanse or rid of something undesirable. B) To stuff with food; glut. C) Given birth to. D) A force that oppresses or causes suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A force that oppresses or causes suffering. 3. Heorot is the mead hall made and established by King Hrothgar. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Beowulf style A) Son of someone from the town. B) From an aristocratic family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From an aristocratic family. 5. A trip or journey (often religious) A) Talon. B) Pilgrimage. C) Lament. D) Affliction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pilgrimage. 6. The monsters in Beowulf are ..... A) Both beheaded (heads chopped off) by Beowulf. B) Cannibals, who eat people. C) Outsiders, an alien presence, not fitting in. D) Only able to be killed by swords. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outsiders, an alien presence, not fitting in. 7. What do the warriors start to do to stay safe from Grendel? A) Fight back. B) Run away. C) Plan a trap. D) Summon a witch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run away. 8. In what language was Beowulf originally written? A) Gaelic. B) Danish. C) Early German. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old English. 9. What did the warriors place inside the tomb? A) His sword. B) A golden fleece. C) All the treasures Wiglaf found in the dragon's lair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All the treasures Wiglaf found in the dragon's lair. 10. Which of the following options is NOT a synonym for herald? A) Announce. B) Declare. C) Ballyhoo. D) Inflate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inflate. 11. What other literary device do we see in Beowulf? A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. CHOOSE NEXT WORDS IN ENGLISH:ESPADA, PARED, VENGANZA A) MEANWHILE, LONG BATTLE, LAIR. B) LAIR, HEAD, MEANWHILE. C) SWORD, WALL, REVENGE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SWORD, WALL, REVENGE. 13. Believable; reliable A) Credible. B) Intriguing. C) Important. D) Relatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credible. 14. Which of these would you not expect to always see in an epic poem? A) Adventure. B) A hero. C) Battles and war. D) Historical fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical fact. 15. True or False Beowulf is a true story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Courage, Revenge, Loyalty, Generosity A) Beowulf, Grendel's Mother, Wiglaf, Beowulf. B) Grendel, Grendel's Mother, Beowulf, Hrothgar. C) Hrothgar, Grendel, Wiglaf, Beowulf. D) Wiglaf, Hrothgar, Wiglaf. Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf, Grendel's Mother, Wiglaf, Beowulf. 17. Isla, Daniel, and Lily were playing a word game. They came across an adjective that means 'very disgusting, unpleasant'. Can you help them figure out the word? A) Fen. B) Horrid. C) Lurking. D) Culprit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horrid. 18. What is the meaning of desolate? A) Determined. B) Devoted. C) Deserted. D) Difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deserted. 19. Scabbard A) Melted by heat. B) Triangle Roof. C) A holder for a sword. D) Ligaments and tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A holder for a sword. 20. Higlac is Beowulf's lord and A) Higlac. B) Unferth. C) Uncle. D) Nephew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uncle. ← 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