Beowulf Quiz 127 (20 MCQs)

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1. How did the Anglo-Saxons tell their stories?

Correct Answer: C) Oral tradition.

2. Tendon; ligament

Correct Answer: D) Sinew.

3. A ..... is a situation that's hard to get out of.

Correct Answer: C) Plight.

4. Scop

Correct Answer: C) Old English term for poet.

5. Which term is NOT a synonym for ENDOWED?

Correct Answer: B) Insufficient.

6. In Beowulf, when he returns to Geatland, how does he show his loyalty to the king?

Correct Answer: C) He gives his treasures to the king.

7. Who is terrorizing Heorot at the beginning of the story?

Correct Answer: D) Grendel.

8. What is an antonym for Lament?

Correct Answer: C) Whisper.

9. A banquet is a.....

Correct Answer: B) A nice dinner.

10. Who was the leader of the Anglo-Saxons?

Correct Answer: A) King.

11. Who asks to fight the monster?

Correct Answer: C) Beowulf.

12. In the sentence, "The detective stealthily stalked the suspect through the dark alley, " what does "stalked" mean?

Correct Answer: D) Followed secretly and deliberately.

13. The village dogs began to ..... in unison at the full moon.

Correct Answer: A) Wail.

14. Lives in the swamps and seeks to avenge her son's death.

Correct Answer: D) Grendel's mother.

15. The maggots that show up in the outside trash can in the summer are .....

Correct Answer: A) Loathsome.

16. Some of the characters in the poem actually existed.

Correct Answer: A) True.

17. Make a deliberate distortion of the facial muscles often to express irony or mockery

Correct Answer: C) Wry.

18. How is the dragon killed?

Correct Answer: A) A sword pierces him.

19. What is the language that Anglo-Saxons developed and spoke?

Correct Answer: A) Old English.

20. His reputation was ruined by ..... rumors.

Correct Answer: A) Malicious.