This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 185 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 185 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The opposite of enervate is: A) Deceive. B) Invigorate. C) Amuse. D) Eradicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invigorate. 2. Which element of an epic is most clearly illustrated in this excerpt?"Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouragedAs Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirlingFlames ..... a king, before, but nowA beaten warrior. A) Episodic structure. B) Serious, elevated language. C) Extreme conflict. D) Repetition used to intensify the mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extreme conflict. 3. (noun) a claw A) Infamous. B) Talon. C) Gorge. D) Affliction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talon. 4. Mark put on criminals with a hot iron, mark of disgrace, A) Brand. B) Bear. C) Crammed. D) Hoard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brand. 5. Define the italicized word: "how there came a dragon to confound his quiet." A) Conquer. B) Cause confusion or surprise. C) Send on a journey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause confusion or surprise. 6. Which characteristic does not describe Beowulf? A) Brave/Courageous. B) Loyal / Strong sense of duty. C) Tender hearted. D) Strong leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tender hearted. 7. How does Beowulf hear of the Danes terror with Grendel? A) When he visits Herot on a trip to find weapons. B) From his brother who traveled to that land. C) From a spirit that visits him in his sleep and reveals it through a dream. D) By word of mouth, over the passage of time, he hears of the events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By word of mouth, over the passage of time, he hears of the events. 8. Classify the structure of the following sentence:Jessica went to the park with her grandpa last week. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 9. Who was the only remaining person in Herot who was still awake? A) Hrothgar. B) Wealhtheow. C) Unferth. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unferth. 10. What is enjambment? A) A type of poetic meter. B) A rhyming scheme in poetry. C) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. D) A figure of speech in poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. 11. Where does the final battle with Grendel take place? A) Hrothgar's mead hall. B) Grendel's cave lair. C) Beowulf's castle. D) Wulfar's beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar's mead hall. 12. Who opposes Beowulf out of envy? A) Grendl. B) Hrothgar. C) Unferth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unferth. 13. Anglo-Saxon fame: A) Lof. B) Fama. C) Glory. D) Fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lof. 14. What is one of the characteristics of an epic? A) The plot is easy. B) The plot is complicated. C) The heroe is generally a female. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plot is complicated. 15. When Wiglaf says, "I remember how we sat in the mead-hall, drinking And boasting of how brave we'd be when Beowulf Needed us ..... " he scolding the Geats for not standing up for which Anglo-Saxon values? A) Strength and Intelligence. B) Community and Lineage. C) Courage and Loyalty. D) Creativity and Innovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courage and Loyalty. 16. Whose point of view is the story written from? A) Grendel. B) Grendel's mother. C) The author. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel's mother. 17. What was the official language of the church that was spoken by Christian missionaries? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK1) A) English. B) Latin. C) Flemish. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latin. 18. Which of the following options best describes Hrothgar's ( "sovran of Scyldings" ) reaction to Grendel's destruction? A) He orders that a hero come to Heorot Hall to defeat the beast. B) He is powerless and grieves over the devastation. C) He is furious and attacks Grendel's family in revenge. D) He is cowardly and flees to safety with his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is powerless and grieves over the devastation. 19. How many battles is Beowulf separated into? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 20. The quarterback injured a ..... when he was sacked by the linebacker. A) Spoor. B) Sinew. C) Wry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sinew. ← 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