This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 180 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 180 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the line, "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world, " what type of figurative language is "yawp." A) Animal magnetism. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 2. How can the reader tell that Beowulf is a legendary or epic story? A) It takes place a long time ago. B) The story involves warriors and battles. C) The people in the story are called Geats and Danes. D) The hero is described as someone greater than all other men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hero is described as someone greater than all other men. 3. What are the 3 major values of the Danes? A) Personalty, Integrity, and. B) Love, Prosperity, and Fearlessness. C) Bravery, Loyalty, and Heroicness. D) Pizza, Ice cream, and Netflix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bravery, Loyalty, and Heroicness. 4. Which two words best match the definition of whetted used in the line, "wait for Grendel with whetted swords" ? A) Moistened. B) Sharpened. C) Soaked. D) Honed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharpened. 5. What do the soldiers find on the way to the lake? A) Bones. B) Esher's head. C) Grendel's body. D) Treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Esher's head. 6. What are the years of the Anglo Saxon period? A) 1066AD-1380AD. B) 449AD-1066AD. C) 700BC-43AD. D) 43AD-449AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 449AD-1066AD. 7. Artistic license is also called ..... license. A) Dramatic. B) Poetic. C) Narrative. D) All other answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All other answers are correct. 8. In this last battle, Beowulf has ruled as the A) King of the Danes. B) King of the Geats. C) King of the Anglo-Saxons. D) King of Delaware. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King of the Geats. 9. Beowulf began to ..... and brag about all the battles he had won in his life. A) Mourn. B) Boast. C) Shield. D) Weep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boast. 10. The main theme of Bewulf is centered around the A) The constant conflict between good and evil. B) The greed of the superior power of the Anglo Saxon culture. C) The power of nature over Man. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The constant conflict between good and evil. 11. It analyzes a work in its eventful context and understanding the its period, author's background and how it directly affect the author and possibly the characters of the text. A) HISTORICAL. B) FEMINIST. C) MORALIST. D) FORMALIST. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HISTORICAL. 12. Old English is smoother in sound than modern English. BEOWULF A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Beowulf has these two deadly sins A) Wrath and Pride. B) Sloth and Envy. C) Jealousy and gluttony. D) Beowulf has no flaws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrath and Pride. 14. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Does not use signaling words. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Figurative language. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. Beowulf is just as strong and able to defeat the firedrake like he did in the past. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Beowulf's story is 100% myth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Name the character who uttered this line in the FILM ADAPTATION of Beowulf: "Are you the one they call Beowulf? The Bee-Wolf. The bear ..... " A) Wiglaf. B) Unferth. C) Grendel. D) Grendel's Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel's Mother. 18. The dates of the Anglo-Saxon period are A) 1600-1900. B) 1900-2000. C) 449-1066. D) 3020-5555. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 449-1066. 19. How does Grendel's mother demonstrate her revenge? A) The corpse of one of the great Danish soldiers hangs at the entrance to the Herot. B) Set fire to the palace. C) Kidnaps and takes the Danish queen to his cave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The corpse of one of the great Danish soldiers hangs at the entrance to the Herot. 20. Beowulf gave Wiglaf A) A chest of rubies and diamonds. B) His golden collar, helmet, and crown. C) Grendel's head. D) His sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His golden collar, helmet, and crown. ← 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