Beowulf Quiz 121 (20 MCQs)

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1. Body of men who serve the king

Correct Answer: C) Company.

2. What does Wiglaf tell the Geats after Beowulf dies?

Correct Answer: B) That they have lost all honor and are a disgrace to their people.

3. What is the definition of epic?

Correct Answer: A) A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.

4. What was Beowulf's father's name?

Correct Answer: B) Edgetho.

5. Which 3 groups invaded after the Romans?

Correct Answer: D) Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.

6. How many men does Grendel grab and rush off with on his first night of terror?

Correct Answer: C) 30.

7. How does Beowulf get to Hrothgar's kingdom?

Correct Answer: C) Sailing a ship.

8. To praise enthusiastically

Correct Answer: C) Extolled.

9. What Bible story was inserted into Hrothgar's men's song?

Correct Answer: D) God's creation of the Earth.

10. What are the two worlds of the Hero's Journey?

Correct Answer: C) Ordinary World and Special World.

11. What word means:great happiness

Correct Answer: A) Felicity.

12. Difficult or dangerous situation, especially sad predicament

Correct Answer: B) Plight.

13. Beowulf is the story of a

Correct Answer: B) Germanic Warrior.

14. What word means; thrashing, striking againstsomething

Correct Answer: A) Thresh.

15. Which term is NOT a synonym for THRIVE?

Correct Answer: B) Struggle.

16. A long narrative poem that recounts, in formal language, the exploits of larger-than-life hero

Correct Answer: C) Epic.

17. Which animal would MOST likely be described as writhing?

Correct Answer: A) Worm.

18. How many men did Beowulf bring?

Correct Answer: A) 14.

19. Beowulf tells Wiglaf a story about

Correct Answer: D) Hidden treasure.

20. What is the appropriate hierarchy of power in the feudal system?

Correct Answer: A) King $\rightarrow$ Noble $\rightarrow$ Knight $\rightarrow$ Peasant.