This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What Beowulf does with Grendel's mother: A) Killer. B) He locks her up. C) They make a deal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They make a deal. 2. Grendel's first impression of Beowulf is A) That Beowulf is much to weak to defeat him. B) That Beowulf was stronger than any man he had ever encountered, so he feared Beowulf. C) That Beowulf is a coward and he feel confident in his abilities to defeat Beowulf and his men. D) That Beowulf was the exact same size as him, which suprised Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That Beowulf was stronger than any man he had ever encountered, so he feared Beowulf. 3. Which biblical character is the monster Grendel compared to? A) Adam. B) Cain. C) Abel. D) Satan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cain. 4. What was the name of the monster who was terrorizing Hrothgar's mead hall? A) The Demigorgan. B) Gretchen. C) Grendel. D) Big Bad Wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel. 5. (n) a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon A) Scabbard. B) Avenge. C) Hoary. D) Dagger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dagger. 6. You will often pay an hourly rate on top of the retainer once the lawyer or consultant has worked enough hours for you to use up the retainer fee you paid.In this sentence, retainer means ..... A) Fee that you pay to get a professional to work for you. B) A fee that someone pays you to do your homework. C) Payment in the form of food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fee that you pay to get a professional to work for you. 7. When Hrothgar and Hygelac are both referred to as "treasure-givers" this is an example of a(n): A) Metaphor. B) Euphemism. C) Simile. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory. 8. Why is Shild important? A) He is Beowulf's ancestor. B) He was a great king. C) He died tragically. D) All of these are good reasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was a great king. 9. How did Hrothgar's subjects feel about him? A) They despised him. B) They feared him. C) They respected him. D) They ignored him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They respected him. 10. Wiglaf went back A) Safe to his own family. B) To the dragon's cave to see if it was dead. C) To the Danes and told what happened. D) Anxious to return while Beowulf was alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anxious to return while Beowulf was alive. 11. Uses informal words and conversation, such as writing or talking to friends. A) Informal Diction. B) Poetic Diction. C) Formal Diction. D) Slang Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informal Diction. 12. Hopes that a scop will tell stories about him one day A) Beowulf. B) Grendel. C) Hrothgar. D) Grendel's mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. 13. A poetic synonym for a noun is called A) Akening. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Akening. 14. Read lines 114-116, which describe what Beowulf did when he first heard about Grendel. What do the lines say about Beowulf as a character?that would ply the waves. He announced his plan:to sail the swan's road and search out that king, the famous prince who needed defenders. A) He tends to act recklessly. B) He is forgiving of evil and sins. C) He is generous and brave. D) He seeks to help all who ask him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is generous and brave. 15. Why can Beowulf hurt Grendel with his bare hands? A) He is very strong. B) His goodness hurts Grendel because Grendel is so wicked. C) He knows karate. D) Grendel is made of wickedness so he is weaker than Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His goodness hurts Grendel because Grendel is so wicked. 16. True or false:A symbol can be a person, place, thing, or event. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. A collection of valuable things such as gold and silver coins or jewels, found in a place where it was hidden or buried A) Marsh. B) Pyre. C) Trove. D) Barrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trove. 18. Beowulf was originally told in Old English, the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons of England during the years 500-1100. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. In poetry, what does a caesura typically indicate? A) The end of a stanza. B) A change in rhyme scheme. C) A pause or rhythmic break in the line. D) A shift in the narrative perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A pause or rhythmic break in the line. 20. Beowulf is a classic story of good and evil A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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