This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 143 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 143 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was common during this time? A) War and disease outbreak. B) Wars. C) Horrible Storms. D) Disease outbreak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) War and disease outbreak. 2. In the 8th century, ? arrived and invaded and looted Denmark A) Native Americans. B) English Settlers. C) The French monarchy. D) The Vikings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Vikings. 3. European literature from roughly 500 to 1500 CE is called by what name? A) Renaissance literature. B) Medieval literature. C) Early modern literature. D) Victorian literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medieval literature. 4. "Sea-road" and "word-hoard" are examples of what figure of speech? A) Kennings. B) The clock. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kennings. 5. Who won the battle between Beowulf and Grendel's mother? A) Beowulf. B) Grendal. C) Grendal's Mother. D) Sammy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. 6. How long has Grendel terrorized the Danes? A) 12 summers. B) 12 winters. C) 12 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12 winters. 7. What is an example of a kenning? A) Whale-road. B) Blood vengeance code. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whale-road. 8. Formed or developed from something else A) Docile. B) Disposition. C) Derived. D) Infamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derived. 9. Round Character A) Varied and contradictory traits. B) Stays the same from beginning to end. C) Develops and changes throughout the story. D) Stereotype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Varied and contradictory traits. 10. Swamp, marshy bog A) Fen. B) Boil. C) Vengeance. D) Lurked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fen. 11. What was did Beowulf say in his dying speech? A) He wanted everyone to remember him and sing songs about him. B) He passed his kingship to Wiglaf and told him he wanted his tomb to be a tower that seaman would see from far away. C) He passed his kingship to his sons and asked that they not forget him. D) He wanted a statue to be built that showed him killing a dragon so no one would forget what he had done. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He passed his kingship to Wiglaf and told him he wanted his tomb to be a tower that seaman would see from far away. 12. If you intrude on people without their permission, you are an ..... A) Interloper. B) Sentry. C) Proffer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interloper. 13. Who attacked after Beowulf fought Grendel? A) Grendel's wife. B) Grendel's brother. C) Grendel's sister. D) Grendel's mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel's mother. 14. Melted away; transformed into liquid A) Uttered. B) Truce. C) Dissolved. D) Mail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dissolved. 15. The ..... was stationed outside the castle to keep watch overnight. A) Sinister. B) Culprit. C) Sentinel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentinel. 16. In an appropriate or proper manner A) Resolute. B) Duly. C) Plight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duly. 17. What is foreshadowing? A) A clue about what's going to happen later in the story. B) A reference to something famous outside the text. C) The repetition of initial sounds of words (when words start with the same sound). D) A two-word phrase that renames something by its characteristics (often hyphenated); always acts as a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A clue about what's going to happen later in the story. 18. Reread lines 35-38 from Beowulf for a specific feature of Old English poetry. The author substitutes the name Grendel with the kenning God-cursed brute in order to-and human sorrow. Suddenly thenthe God-cursed brute was creating havoc:greedy and grim, he grabbed thirty menfrom their resting places and rushed to his lair, A) Emphasize the depth of Grendel's evil. B) Describe the havoc Grendel creates in detail for the reader. C) Show the reader that Grendel presents no real challenge. D) Stress the excess of Grendel's greed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasize the depth of Grendel's evil. 19. What are the major themes in Beowulf? A) Technology, innovation, and progress. B) The major themes in Beowulf include heroism, loyalty, fate, and the struggle between good and evil. C) Love, betrayal, and forgiveness. D) Loneliness, isolation, and despair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The major themes in Beowulf include heroism, loyalty, fate, and the struggle between good and evil. 20. The battle was over, Beowulf had been granted new glory:How? A) Beowulf sliced Grendel's head clean off with a Samurai sword. B) Beowulf dodged Grendel's blow and caused Grendel to slip and fall headlong. C) Beowulf snapped Grendel's shoulder shredding muscle and splitting bone causing perfused bleeding and writhing pain. D) Beowulf stamped on Grendel's head with his boot and crushed his skull skishing his eyeballs and caving in his nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf snapped Grendel's shoulder shredding muscle and splitting bone causing perfused bleeding and writhing pain. ← 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