This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 177 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 177 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False, Wiglaf becomes the new king of the Danes? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Which term fits in this sentence:Because the island is ..... with many natural resources, it has a healthy economy. A) Sturdy. B) Haughty. C) Laudable. D) Endowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endowed. 3. What is the significance of ellipses in the text of Beowulf? A) They represent missing text. B) They indicate a change in setting. C) They mark the beginning of a new chapter. D) They highlight important quotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They represent missing text. 4. What does Grendel dare not touch in Herot? A) Crown. B) Bed. C) Throne. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Throne. 5. Who is Edgetho's son? A) Hrothgar. B) Beowulf. C) The soldier. D) Thor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 6. What is the alliteration on lines 604 and 605? A) "It was a weird and wonderful sight, and the warriors stared.". B) "Sorrow had returned to Denmark.". C) "So fame comes to the men who mean to win it and care about nothing else!". D) "Edgetho's son.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "It was a weird and wonderful sight, and the warriors stared.". 7. Type of characterization where the reader decides character traits through the evidence from the author's description A) Theory. B) Motivation. C) Direct. D) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect. 8. Renege means to A) Retract. B) Receive. C) Repair. D) Replace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retract. 9. Grendel lives in a: A) Cave. B) Lair. C) Swamp. D) Hut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cave. 10. Which of the following best describes the Dragon's tower? A) Putrid with rotting meat and decaying carcasses. B) Beautiful with glimmering treasures and strange light. C) Stuffy with little air and lots of smoke. D) Dark with threatening silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautiful with glimmering treasures and strange light. 11. How was Beowulf honored by his men after his death? A) They had a feast in his honor. B) They forgavethose who were responsible. C) They divided his newest treasure among themselves. D) They rode around his tower praising his heroism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They rode around his tower praising his heroism. 12. And so Beowulf's followers Rode, mourning their beloved leader, Crying that no better king had ever Lived, no prince so mild ..... A) Brood. B) Lament. C) Cower. D) Purge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lament. 13. Metaphorical meaning to replace a noun usually in two words A) Theory. B) Alliteration. C) Cutting. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory. 14. Lair A) Discolored from being bruised. B) Disgusting. C) Den or resting place of a wild animal. D) Claw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Den or resting place of a wild animal. 15. Who was Beowulf speaking to when he said "if your hands were as hard, your heart as fierce as you think it, no fool would dare raid your hall" A) Hrothgar. B) Unferth. C) Higlac. D) Wulfgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unferth. 16. The King was ..... and placed as head of the royal family. A) Exalted. B) Fetter. C) Reproach. D) Fetter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exalted. 17. Over time, many of Beowulf's people lost respect for him. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. In the context of the entire poem, the dragon fight can be seen as a symbol of: A) Beowulf's past mistakes. B) Old age impacting abilities when challenged. C) The fiery nature of revenge. D) The lurking danger of greed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old age impacting abilities when challenged. 19. Beowulf is the earliest know English ..... A) Limerick. B) Epic Poem. C) Haiku. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic Poem. 20. Who is the King of the Danes and for what problem does he need help? A) Beowulf; a superiority complex. B) Unferth; alcoholism. C) Ecgtheow; a hulking man/monster who ate all of his men. D) Hrothgar; a hulking man/monster who ate most of his men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar; a hulking man/monster who ate most of his men. ← 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