This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 103 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 103 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After all her good fortune in previous years, who could have predicted her unfortunate ..... A) Plight. B) Affliction. C) Wail. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plight. 2. Who taunts Beowulf in Heorot? A) Unferth. B) Hrothgar. C) Wiglaf. D) Wealhtheow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unferth. 3. If you wanted to prove that Beowulf shows traits of being an epic hero in his fight with Grendel's Mother, which form(s) of evidence would you use? A) "But Beowulf longed for fame so fame comes to the men who mean to win it". B) "And in an instant she held him down, help helpless". C) "Fate will unwind as it must". D) Both A & C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A & C. 4. Grendel kills ..... men when he comes the first time A) 12. B) 15. C) 30. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30. 5. Which theme fits best?-Grendel gets angry when the men sing and feast in Herot A) Loyalty. B) Hospitality. C) Reputation. D) Envy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Envy. 6. The Anglo-Saxon home was ..... A) Made of wood. B) Made of mud brick. C) Made of stone. D) Made of palm fronds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made of wood. 7. Reproduce; hatch; create A) Spawn. B) Brood. C) Lament. D) Sinew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spawn. 8. As Grendel and Beowulf battle, which of the following happens? A) The Danes start in terror at the sounds of pain Grendel makes. B) The walls of Heorot shake as the two battle. C) Beowulf's men try to assist Beowulf. D) All of the answers listed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the answers listed. 9. Which of the following are poetic techniques the Anglo-Saxons used and are present in the written version of Beowulf that survives to this day? A) Alliteration. B) Theory. C) Cutting. D) All of the above. E) Only kenning and caesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. What is the significance of Beowulf's lineage, as mentioned in the passage? A) It highlights his humble background. B) It establishes his noble heritage and heroic lineage. C) It indicates that he is unrelated to King Hrothgar. D) It reveals that he is a foreigner in Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It establishes his noble heritage and heroic lineage. 11. What is the definition of GORGE? A) To stuff with food; glut. B) Cloth in which dead bodies are wrapped. C) To cleanse or rid of something undesirable. D) Given birth to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To stuff with food; glut. 12. Malignant:hostile, infectious, malicious A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 13. Grendel's mother's lair is A) So evil even a deer wouldn't touch it. B) In an underwater battle hall. C) Unnatural and eerie. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. Scops wrote the stories that they told and were considered the first authors. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Beowulf says his king is..... A) Hrothgar. B) Woden. C) Higlac. D) Half-day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Higlac. 16. The greater the mead hall, the greater the A) Warriors. B) Riches. C) Women. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King. 17. Why did Wiglaf stay to fight with Beowulf? A) He wanted the treasures. B) He felt it was his duty. C) Wiglaf did not stay-he too left. D) Beowulf begged him to stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He felt it was his duty. 18. Excessive pride and being boastful is acceptable in 6th century literature is also known as ..... A) HUBRIS. B) SYCOPHANCY. C) HARDONOME. D) HELLENISTIC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HUBRIS. 19. Which is the best example of someone beset by someone or something? A) A teenager walking with a few friends. B) A boat being launched from a pier. C) A chef getting help from an assistant. D) A woman being attacked by mosquitoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A woman being attacked by mosquitoes. 20. What do we know about Beowulf as literature? A) One of the last great works of literature. B) One of the first great works of literature. C) It's not a great work of literature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One of the first great works of literature. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesBeowulf Quiz 1Beowulf Quiz 2Beowulf Quiz 3Beowulf Quiz 4Beowulf Quiz 5Beowulf Quiz 6Beowulf Quiz 7Beowulf Quiz 8Beowulf Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books