This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 210 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 210 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Beowulf beheads Grendel's mother with one of her own swords. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. To hide or conceal something often out of cowardice or fear or with sinister intent. A) Ravage. B) Entwine. C) Skulk. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skulk. 3. Well known for some bad quality or deed A) Writhing. B) Affliction. C) Cowering. D) Infamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infamous. 4. An audible expression of grief; wail A) Relish. B) Lament. C) Affliction. D) Purge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lament. 5. The Prince of the Geats A) Beewolf. B) Beowulf. C) Beowulf. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 6. Which theme fits best?-The Geats fight Grendel with Beowulf A) Loyalty. B) Hospitality. C) Envy. D) Reputation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loyalty. 7. An example of this genre of poetry are sonnets, haikus, and elegy. A) Lyric. B) Narrative. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 8. What is Heorot (or Herot)? A) The mead hall in Beowulf. B) A river in Beowulf. C) A village in Beowulf. D) A castle in Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mead hall in Beowulf. 9. Are themes that are found throughout the literature of all time periods A) Theme. B) Denmark. C) Sweden. D) Universal Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Universal Theme. 10. How does Beowulf propose to fight the monster Grendel? A) With his sword and shield. B) To surround the monster with his men and attack from all sides. C) By hiding behind the throne and surprising the monster. D) With his bare hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With his bare hands. 11. "Almighty's enemy" is an example of A) Alliteration. B) Cesura. C) Stock epithets. D) Kennings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kennings. 12. Communal life for the Anglo-Saxons centered around what physical space? A) The Mead Hall. B) The Courthouse. C) Family life. D) Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Mead Hall. 13. A storyteller A) Muse. B) Theory. C) Wyrd. D) Scop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scop. 14. What is the Anglo-Saxon word for poet? A) Poet. B) Bard. C) Scop. D) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scop. 15. Pyre A) Sheath. B) Sentry. C) Pile of wood for burning a dead body. D) Guard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pile of wood for burning a dead body. 16. What is Grendel's lineage in Beowulf? A) Descendant of Adam. B) Descendant of Cain. C) Descendants of Abel. D) Descendant of Noah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Descendant of Cain. 17. According to the text, Hrothgar decides to build Heorot Hall mainly to ..... A) Prove to his neighbors, the Geats, that the Danes are more powerful. B) Celebrate the Danes' prosperity and have a place for his treasure. C) Replace the great hall that was destroyed in a siege. D) Finally provide himself with a respectable throne-room. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finally provide himself with a respectable throne-room. 18. Fraternity is A) A bond between men. B) A bond between man and wife. C) A bond between warrior and king. D) A bond that comes from drinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A bond between men. 19. Bookworm = someone who reads a lot is an example of a(n) A) Theory. B) Litotes. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory. 20. Pause in a line of poetry A) Theory. B) Cutting. C) Litotes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutting. ← 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