This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 93 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 93 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Derive and select the appropriate meaning of the bold word using context clues: "The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered in any man on the face of the earth. Every bone in his body quailed and recoiled, but he could not escape." A) Feel or show fear. B) Quiver. C) Shake. D) Vibrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feel or show fear. 2. In that same excerpt, which of the following words is a context clue for loathsome? " ..... and running to his loathsome moor [land]/With another such sickening meal waiting/In his pouch." (lines 538-40) A) Meal. B) Running. C) Sickening. D) Waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sickening. 3. How does Beowulf's attitude towards death evolve from his battle with Grendel to his battle with the dragon? A) From fear to acceptance. B) From indifference to dread. C) From ambition to resignation. D) From confidence to doubt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From ambition to resignation. 4. How long is the poem? A) Over 5000 lines. B) Over 3000 lines. C) Over 4000 lines. D) Over 2000 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over 3000 lines. 5. Anglo-Saxon travelling poets were called A) Scops. B) Bards. C) Minstrels. D) Jugglers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scops. 6. What is the meaning of the word "manifold" in the following context: "Rings and bright armour and treasure manifold" ? A) Careless; heedless. B) Hidden; secret. C) Various; varied. D) Difficult to attain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Various; varied. 7. Tight; having no slack A) Livid. B) Writhing. C) Taut. D) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taut. 8. What was the role of the scop or bard in Anglo-Saxon culture? A) Entertainer. B) Poet. C) Storyteller. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. What is the name of King Hrothgar's great hall? A) Breca. B) Fitala. C) Heorot. D) Wulfgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heorot. 10. What doe Beowulf mean when he tells his men to let the slave eat honey? A) To have pity on the slave. B) To choke the slave. C) To feed the slave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have pity on the slave. 11. What was it like to be an Anglo-Saxon? A) It was fun going on adventures to new places. B) It was difficult and short-lived. C) It was easy. D) It was hard but they lived a very long time so it was worth it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was difficult and short-lived. 12. Why was Unferth "terribly alone" in Hall Heorot? A) He didn't like Hrothgar. B) He didn't like the light. C) He didn't like Wealtheow. D) All his friends went home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He didn't like the light. 13. What is the name of the hero's homeland? A) Sweden. B) Denmark. C) England. D) Geatland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geatland. 14. What type of defenses did the Romans build to defend against invaders? A) Marines. B) Forts/wall. C) Ships. D) Navy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forts/wall. 15. Make a concerted or violent attack on A) Resolute. B) Assail. C) Theory. D) Infallible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assail. 16. Which part of Grendel's body does Beowulf take off? A) Legs. B) Arm. C) Head. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arm. 17. What character highlights the consequences of violence and the complex nature of good and evil. use character and contribution worksheet as a reference A) Grendel's mother. B) Grendel. C) The Dragon. D) The Geats disloyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel's mother. 18. "Sea paths" is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Theory. C) Cutting. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theory. 19. When does Grendel attack? A) Only in the morning because he is hungry. B) Only at night while the men are sleeping. C) All day long-he's not picky!. D) Trick question-he doesn't attack, he's a gentle creature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only at night while the men are sleeping. 20. The Anglo-Saxons loved using alliteration, kennings, and caesuras because ..... A) These poetic devices made them sound highly educated. B) These poetic devices made their stories sound good verbally. C) These poetic devices made their stories interesting to read silently. D) These poetic devices impressed their English teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) These poetic devices made their stories sound good verbally. ← 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