This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 128 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 128 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What personality trait primarily drives Grendel's decision to attack Heorot A) Generosity. B) Malevolence and jealousy. C) Malevolence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malevolence and jealousy. 2. After Beowulf defeated the monster's mother and after defeating the dragon, a bright light suddenly appeared, "shining everywhere." This is evidence of A) Good defeating evil. B) Beowulf being the real deal. C) Indication that more evil was around. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good defeating evil. 3. Maraud means to: A) Beg. B) Plan. C) Loot. D) Sail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loot. 4. Beowulf thought that a noble man's wealth should be ..... A) Given to his sons. B) Given to his people. C) Burned upon his death. D) Divided among his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Given to his people. 5. Who is the king of the Danes in Beowulf? A) Grendel. B) Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hrothgar. 6. Which word means pertaining to ancestors or family? A) Lurk. B) Writhe. C) Ancestral. D) Cower. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancestral. 7. The Anglo-Saxons believed in fate, or ..... A) A predetermined course of events. B) Free-will. C) Knowledge of the future. D) Courage and strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A predetermined course of events. 8. Which term fits in this sentence:Even a hurricane couldn't knock down the old, ..... tree that had been planted in the center square for hundreds of years. A) Sturdy. B) Laud. C) Haughty. D) Thriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sturdy. 9. Beowulf became king after Hygelac was killed in the battle. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. The words "sea-realm" and "whale-beast" are examples of what Anglo-Saxon literary convention? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Theory. D) Analogy. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 11. Where was it written? A) Scandinavia. B) Scotland. C) Ireland. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 12. Interference A) A litter of pigs. B) Move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind. C) The act of hindering, obstructing, or impeding. D) The trail left by a person or an animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The act of hindering, obstructing, or impeding. 13. After celebrating Beowulf's victory, what occurs at Herot? A) Mother goes and kills one of the warriors. B) Mother cries over the grave. C) Mother takes her own life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother goes and kills one of the warriors. 14. Which universal theme do these lines of this epic suggest? "Though he lived in Heorot, when the night hid him, he never/Dared to touch king Hrothgar's glorious/Throne, protected by God-God, /Whose love Grendel could not know." A) Mankind's enemy will always continue his crimes by killing the innocent. B) Evil is bloodthirsty, and it constantly tries to conquer kings and kingdoms. C) The existence of evil and good occur simultaneously, but good wins in the end. D) No one is ever truly safe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The existence of evil and good occur simultaneously, but good wins in the end. 15. Beowulf wants to fight the dragon A) With 14 men as before. B) With his queen at his side. C) With the Amazons. D) Alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alone. 16. How many years did Grendel terrorize Herot? A) 1. B) 5. C) 10. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 17. Who is Beowulf and why does he decide to travel to the land of the Danes? A) Beowulf is a Danish warrior who seeks to defeat Grendel. B) Beowulf is the nephew of Hrothgar and seeks to claim the throne. C) Beowulf is the greatest hero in the world and travels to help Hrothgar defeat Grendel. D) Beowulf is a bard who wishes to sing songs about Grendel's terror. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf is the greatest hero in the world and travels to help Hrothgar defeat Grendel. 18. What is the name of the huge mead-hall? A) Geats. B) Hrothgar. C) Hygelac. D) Heorot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heorot. 19. The watchman who sees the Geats land is, at first, A) Fearful. B) Furious. C) Suspicious. D) Welcoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspicious. 20. The ..... criminal's name sent shivers down the spines of all who heard it. A) Herald. B) Infamous. C) Reparation. D) Fettered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infamous. ← 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