This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 125 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 125 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Grendel's attacks are inhuman and un-heroic for all of the following reasons EXCEPT the fact that he A) Kills indiscriminately. B) Refuses to accept blood gold. C) Makes no treaty with the Danes. D) Refuses to live in peace. E) Attacks at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Attacks at night. 2. What did Beowulf give Wiglaf? A) A place on the senate. B) A collar of gold. C) His sword. D) His treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A collar of gold. 3. What is Beowulf's home? A) East Anglia, England. B) Norway. C) Denmark. D) Geatland/Sweden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geatland/Sweden. 4. What destiny, greater than death, does Wiglaf declare for the men who fled when Beowulf fought the dragon? A) They would have to give up their land and becomes servants. B) They would have to leave Geatland. C) They and their descendants would be known as cowards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They and their descendants would be known as cowards. 5. Grendel begins his massacre in Herot because..... A) He is jealous of their looks. B) He is furious with the way they treat him. C) He is tired of hearing them party. D) He is seeking revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is tired of hearing them party. 6. Which of the following is a pause that divides a line of poetry into two parts? A) Alliteration. B) Cesura. C) Theory. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cesura. 7. The poet remains objective and omniscient. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which era of the English language was used by Shakespeare? A) Old. B) Middle. C) Early Modern. D) Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Early Modern. 9. While boasting, Beowulf claims to already have accomplished A) Getting rid of trolls. B) Slaying a dragon. C) Gorging his belly. D) Trimming his toenails. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Getting rid of trolls. 10. What is diction? A) A figure of speech in which part of something is used to designate a whole. B) A conflict between the protagonist and antagonist. C) An ironic understatement. D) Style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. 11. What is the role of foreshadowing in Beowulf? A) To indicate events that will happen later in the story. B) To create suspense and surprise. C) To reveal the thoughts and feelings of the characters. D) To highlight the importance of lineage and family ties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To indicate events that will happen later in the story. 12. Describe exulting. A) Rejoicing greatly. B) Feeling or showing sadness. C) Feeling or showing anger. D) Feeling or showing indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rejoicing greatly. 13. Who Said it: "' It takes an evil nose to smell the devil ..... " and who is it about A) Beowulf about Unferth. B) Hrothgar about Grendel. C) Unferth about Grendel. D) Hrothgar about Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar about Unferth. 14. How does Grendel's mother avenge her son's death? A) She destroys Heorot. B) She kills Aeshere, the king's advisor. C) She kills 300 Danes. D) She vows to give birth to a dozen new monsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She kills Aeshere, the king's advisor. 15. "Let me give you a hand." The word hand actually means help. This is an example of A) Synecdoche. B) Alliteration. C) Metonymy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 16. Since I bare no ..... towards you, I do not understand why we cannot be friends. A) Infamous. B) Fetter. C) Malice. D) Reparation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malice. 17. Like the Greek goddess Aphrodite, Freyya was the Norse goddess of A) Hearth and home. B) Motherhood and childbearing. C) Love and beauty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love and beauty. 18. Sheath; holder A) Scabbard. B) Hilt. C) Purge. D) Gorge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scabbard. 19. Which state of the Hero's Journey did these happen in Beowulf?Beowulf receives honor and treasure. A) Approach. B) Ordeal or Great Trial. C) Reward. D) Return Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reward. 20. . Beowulf does not have a problem being poised between two different value systems. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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