Beowulf Quiz 13 (20 MCQs)

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1. Scyld Scefing was

Correct Answer: D) All of these are true of Scyld Scefing.

2. If you are stating a claim or making a declaration (although sometimes falsely), you are .....

Correct Answer: C) Purporting.

3. The prefix "pre" means .....

Correct Answer: A) Before.

4. Before he dies, Beowulf chooses ..... to lead the Geats after his death.

Correct Answer: C) Wiglaf.

5. Beowulf is a soldier of the .....

Correct Answer: B) Geats.

6. What is a kenning in poetry?

Correct Answer: D) A two word / compound metaphor.

7. True or False:Beowulf was the one to defeat the fire dragon, with his own two hands.

Correct Answer: B) False.

8. What was causing Beowulf pain at the end of the chapter?

Correct Answer: C) His toothache.

9. After occupying England for more than three hundred years, the last Roman forces finally left Britain in which year?

Correct Answer: C) 449 AD.

10. In his nightmare he ..... battled the vampires and zombies.

Correct Answer: B) Vehemently.

11. Anglo-Saxon poets held an honored position in society primarily because they-

Correct Answer: A) Preserved heroic deeds in the collective memory.

12. What was the trophy beowulf kept?

Correct Answer: A) Grendel's arm.

13. What is Hrunting?

Correct Answer: D) A sword.

14. How was Beowulf told?

Correct Answer: B) Orally.

15. What happened to the Giant sword Beowulf found?

Correct Answer: B) It melted away.

16. From Geatland (old name for Sweden)

Correct Answer: B) Beowulf.

17. Who killed Grendel?

Correct Answer: C) Beowulf.

18. Purges evil

Correct Answer: A) Beowulf.

19. Hrothgar is the king of .....

Correct Answer: B) Danes.

20. In his speech before fighting the dragon, what key points does Beowulf make?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.