Beowulf Quiz 130 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which term is NOT a synonym for MANDATE?

Correct Answer: A) Request.

2. What was the source of Beowulf

Correct Answer: C) Anglo Saxon legend.

3. What is so fantastical about Beowulf's journey to Grendel's Mothers lair?

Correct Answer: C) Beowulf is able to stay alive under water for what seems like hours.

4. Beowulf stops losing the battle with Grendel's Mother because he becomes .....

Correct Answer: C) Relaxed, calm, and stops fearing her.

5. (adjective) disgusting

Correct Answer: C) Loathsome.

6. A feudal superior

Correct Answer: C) Liege lord.

7. How long did it take Beowulf to reach Grendel's mother's lair?

Correct Answer: A) Half a day (12 hours).

8. Which sentence best describes Beowulf as an epic hero.

Correct Answer: B) The epic hero is confident, but not cocky.

9. What are "scops?"

Correct Answer: D) Singers of songs.

10. Which of the following is an epithet from Beowulf?

Correct Answer: C) Sin stained demon.

11. What is the main struggle or conflict in Beowulf?

Correct Answer: A) Good vs evil.

12. A(n) ..... is a long narrative poem that relates to great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies values of partial society.

Correct Answer: B) Epic.

13. Who was Augustine?

Correct Answer: C) A Roman missionary who established a monastery at Canterbury.

14. What happened to Beowulf that killed him?

Correct Answer: A) He was bitten by a poisonous monster.

15. To mourn loudly

Correct Answer: B) Lament.

16. A sound like the breaking of ice

Correct Answer: C) Sensory Image.

17. What do you do to increase your knowledge?

Correct Answer: A) Information Gathering.

18. Who was Grendel a descendent of?

Correct Answer: B) Cain.

19. Which of the following could be considered a dynamic character from the story?

Correct Answer: B) Unferth.

20. Grendel had been terrorizing Hrothgar's people for twelve years.

Correct Answer: A) True.