This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 188 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 188 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is generally accepted about Beowulf? A) The poem was set in the 8th century, composed in the 6th CE, and transcribed in the early 2000s. B) The poem is set in the 6th century, composed in the 8th CE, and transcribed in the 10th CE. C) The poem is the most interesting poem written in the English language. . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poem is set in the 6th century, composed in the 8th CE, and transcribed in the 10th CE. 2. A wild uproar A) Agile. B) Dwelling. C) Pandemonium. D) Debris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pandemonium. 3. Support, carry, bring, transport, move, convey, take, fetch, deliver, tote, A) Bear. B) Debris. C) Layers. D) Encounter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bear. 4. Station #5: "The man-ruler famous, the long-worthy atheling, sat very woful, " is mostly an example of which Anglo-Saxon poetic device? A) Alliteration. B) Cesura. C) Theory. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 5. What is he name of the hall where everyone goes to celebrate? A) Heaven. B) Heorot. C) Hawaii. D) Hungary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heorot. 6. Which theme fits best?-Beowulf is given a proper funeral A) Reputation. B) Loyalty. C) Generosity. D) Revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loyalty. 7. A lyric poem is ..... A) A poem that is beautifully written, like music. B) A poem that expresses the thoughts of multiple people. C) A poem that expresses sorrow after someone has died. D) A poem that expresses the thoughts of one person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A poem that expresses the thoughts of one person. 8. Beowulf was originally spread to others by which means? A) Oral Tradition. B) Family Tradition. C) Reading Tradition. D) Writing Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oral Tradition. 9. Define purge A) Make pure or free from sin or guilt. B) Exterminating unnecessary people from highly-populated areas. C) The act of squeezing a citrus fruit to extract its juices. D) The act of drinking a solution designed to cleanse the body's digestive system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make pure or free from sin or guilt. 10. The Battle with Grendel is set in A) The Land of the Geats. B) The Land of the Danes. C) The south part of England. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Land of the Danes. 11. What nationality was Beowulf? A) Danish. B) Old English. C) Geat. D) Vikings. E) Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geat. 12. To say something in a low voice; especially in irritation A) Insinuate. B) Wry. C) Mutter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mutter. 13. The people in the story Beowulf comes to help are A) Danes. B) Geats. C) Swedish. D) American. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danes. 14. Classify the structure of the following sentence:I know the answer. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 15. Identify the Kenning/Epithet is this line: "Then he saw the mighty water witch and swung his sword, his ring marked blade, straight at her head" (lines 492-493) A) Swung his sword. B) Straight at her head. C) Mighty water witch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mighty water witch. 16. What tribe does Hrothgar lead? A) The Geats. B) The Danes. C) The Grendelians. D) Think of something witty for this one and pretend I wrote it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Danes. 17. What did Beowulf learn from his bees? A) To rule with order and beauty. B) To rule with force. C) To rule with chaos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To rule with order and beauty. 18. Beowulf came to King Hrothgar's aid because of Grendel's ..... reputation. A) Affliction. B) Gorge. C) Infamous. D) Talon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infamous. 19. Grendel was scared that he tried to pull away from Beowulf. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Choose the vocab word for the following definition:inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another) A) Avenge. B) Heir. C) Boast. D) Renowned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avenge. ← 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