This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 150 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 150 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Beowulf want to be built for him after he dies? A) A grave. B) A tomb. C) A cave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tomb. 2. Barbarous A) To increase in size, power, and intensity. B) Showing extreme cruelty. C) Reward, make payment. D) To express sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Showing extreme cruelty. 3. Range of colors and shades used by an illustrator A) Panel. B) Palette. C) Perspective. D) Angle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palette. 4. How does the watchman react when he sees Beowulf and his crew arriving on the Danish coast? A) He attacks them immediately. B) He asks them to leave immediately. C) He admires their armor and courage and believes Beowulf is a noble hero. D) He tries the capture them and hold them as prisoners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He admires their armor and courage and believes Beowulf is a noble hero. 5. What does Hrothgar call his mead hall? A) Hrunting. B) Wyrd. C) Heorot. D) Barrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heorot. 6. What was the most important relationship for Anglo Saxon people? A) Between husband and wife. B) Between warrior and his lord. C) Between people and their king. D) Between mother and child. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between warrior and his lord. 7. Beowulf finds comfort in his last moments in all of the following EXCEPT: A) The understanding that he left his people well provided for. B) The fact that he defeated all his enemies he ever fought. C) The knowledge that his son would take over for him after his death. D) The awareness that even in death he proved wrong anyone who ever doubted his skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The knowledge that his son would take over for him after his death. 8. What is the point of the tale of Sigemund the Dragon Slayer that is in italics on pages 59 and 61? A) To show Beowulf the kind of leader he does not want to be. B) To show Beowulf the leader he would eventually become if he was led down a wrong path. C) To show Beowulf an excellent example of a leader. D) The first two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The first two. 9. "May one so valiant and ..... come unharmed through the clash of battle." A) Venturesome. B) Herald. C) Plight. D) Rampant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venturesome. 10. The decision of Beowulf to fight Grendel barehanded can be seen as: A) Reckless. B) A strategic move. C) A demonstration of pride. D) A sign of underestimating his enemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A demonstration of pride. 11. Which of the following is NOT used to describe Hrothgar? A) "Great King". B) "Healfdane's Son". C) "High Prince and Protector". D) "Glorious Wounder". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Glorious Wounder". 12. What is the King's name in the text "Beowulf" ? A) Edgetheow. B) Beowulf. C) Grendel. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar. 13. The concept of 'wyrd' can be present in Christianity in what way? A) Believing in multiple gods and goddesses. B) Believing that God can control our destiny. C) Believing that man is nothing without God. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believing that God can control our destiny. 14. In the Anglo-Saxon culture loyalty to the leader and tribe were important to survival. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The poem dates back to A) 2000 BC. B) During the Renaissance. C) In the 20th century. D) About 1500 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) About 1500 years ago. 16. Anglo-Saxons were a ..... people. A) Celtic. B) Roman. C) Slavic. D) Germanic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germanic. 17. "Unferth drew his dagger. Beowulf swiftly handed him an apple. 'I don't peel them, myself, ' he said. 'Things seem to lose something with their skins off, don't you think? But every man to his own taste." ' A) Personification. B) Pun. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 18. Which of these things is true of the Mead Hall? A) It had no windows, only heavy doors. B) It was dark, smoky, and smelly inside. C) It was the center of social life for the thanes. D) All of these are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are true. 19. Where does Beowulf choose to keep Grendel's severed arm? A) On top of his mantel at home. B) At the bottom of a lake so Grendel will never get it back. C) He gives it back to Grendel as a peace offering. D) He hangs it from the rafters of Herot Hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He hangs it from the rafters of Herot Hall. 20. Uses simple everyday language to tell an extraordinary story A) Vernacular art. B) Epic poem. C) Pagans. D) Monks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vernacular art. ← 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