This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Beowulf – Quiz 97 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 97 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To stuff or overfill A) Purge. B) Talon. C) Lament. D) Gorge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gorge. 2. Celts believed in ....., spirits are in everything, especially nature. A) Animism. B) Druids. C) Leprechauns. D) Mythology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animism. 3. Style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century A) Docile. B) Baroque. C) Affliction. D) Solace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baroque. 4. What did king Hygelac's court say about Beowulf when he was a boy? A) He is a good boy. B) He looks like his dad. C) He would come to no good. D) He was very wasteful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He would come to no good. 5. What is the term when we move through time; skipping over unimportant events that have no value to the story? A) Flashback. B) Flash forward. C) Time Heist. D) None of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flash forward. 6. How do the men celebrate the death of Grendel's mother? A) They carry Grendel's head back to Heorot. B) They eat Grendel infront of his mother. C) They go to ouback. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They carry Grendel's head back to Heorot. 7. What does this statement tell you about Grendel?"The monster's / Thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws" (lines 34-35). A) He is hungry. B) He has sharp claws. C) He is not trustworthy. D) He has intelligence and cleverness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has intelligence and cleverness. 8. Which historical period does Beowulf belong to? A) Ancient Greece. B) Old English. C) Renaissance. D) Victorian Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old English. 9. What is the role of the dragon in Beowulf? A) The dragon is the final antagonist that Beowulf must defeat. B) The dragon is a minor character with no significant role. C) The dragon is a symbol of Beowulf's inner demons. D) The dragon is Beowulf's ally in his battles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dragon is the final antagonist that Beowulf must defeat. 10. What is the name of the magnificent mead-hall? A) The choir. B) Distorted. C) Hearot. D) Heorot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heorot. 11. A large structure or hall where people gather to feast, socialize, drink, and listen to the bard perform and thereby preserve the history of the people. A) Marsh. B) Barrow. C) Mead-hall. D) Pyre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mead-hall. 12. What does "Herot" literally mean? A) Home. B) Happy. C) Heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart. 13. Which is NOT true? After defeating the mother, Beowulf A) Returns to Sweden. B) Becomes king of the Danes. C) Is rewarded by Hrothgar. D) Faces a new monster 50 years later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Becomes king of the Danes. 14. Who is Grendel's father? A) The king. B) The warrior. C) The craftsman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The king. 15. When discussing events in a book or story, always use the ..... tense, unless there is a shift in thetimeframe within the world of the text. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 16. The repetition of similar rhyming sounds at the beginning of words A) Alliteration. B) Cutting. C) Theory. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. What does Beowulf discover about the skin of the monster? A) It can't be broken by a blade. B) It is slimy. C) It is armored. D) It is weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can't be broken by a blade. 18. What is a pun? A) The repetition of words and phrases. B) Words that end in the same sound. C) The repetition of the same sound or letter. D) Using language to make a joke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using language to make a joke. 19. 5 Stages in Plot in Order A) Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution. B) Exposition Climax Rising Action Falling Action Resolution. C) Resolution Falling Action Climax Rising Action Exposition. D) Exposition Climax Rising Action Falling Action Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution. 20. Before this year, we were ..... by a losing streak. Now we're winning! A) Afflicted. B) Burnished. C) Lamented. D) Lauded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afflicted. ← 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