This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 213 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 213 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who Said it: "' I've never believed the stories about Grendel ..... They're told just to frighten children. No one believes in that kind of thing anymore"' A) Beowulf. B) Unferth. C) Wealtheow/ The Queen. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wealtheow/ The Queen. 2. How does Beowulf explore the theme of heroism? A) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Grendel. B) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Wiglaf. C) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Beowulf himself. D) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf explores the theme of heroism through the character of Beowulf himself. 3. Which of the following is NOT true about Beowulf? A) Takes place in 500 A.D. B) Author is unknown. C) Second oldest surviving poem. D) Written in 700 A.D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second oldest surviving poem. 4. Beowulf taught others that to overcome an opponent, sometimes you have to use cunning and not just brute strength. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Flat Character A) Develops and changes throughout the story. B) Varied and contradictory traits. C) Stereotype. D) Stays the same from beginning to end. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Develops and changes throughout the story. 6. Who says "They have seen my strength for themselves, have watched me rise from the darkness of war, dripping with my enemies blood" A) Grendel. B) Beowulf. C) Hrothgar. D) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 7. What characteristics did Beowulf show in the story? A) Superhuman strength, courage, honor, and loyalty. B) Narcissistic, boastful, aggressive, and average. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superhuman strength, courage, honor, and loyalty. 8. Then ....., as love for his lord flashed into rage, unshielded sprang at the beast. Into that fiery furnace he thrust his sword ..... A) Beowulf. B) Hygelac. C) Unferth. D) Wiglaf. E) Headred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wiglaf. 9. (verb) to cleanse or rid of something undesirable A) Lair. B) Livid. C) Purge. D) Talon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purge. 10. Wergild means..... A) Man-Price. B) Bargain-Price. C) Discount-Price. D) Woman-Price. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man-Price. 11. Hrothgar's mead-hall A) Unferth. B) Grendel. C) Hygelac. D) Heorot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heorot. 12. During Beowulf's fight with the dragon, all of his men A) Stay and fight with him. B) Run and flee to the forest. C) Run and flee to the forest, except for one who stays and fights with him. D) Eat their dinner while watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run and flee to the forest, except for one who stays and fights with him. 13. He was ..... for his hard work by getting a trophy and cash prize A) Lauded. B) Plundered. C) Omened. D) Afflicted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lauded. 14. How did Grendel die? A) Beowulf's sword. B) Beowulf beheaded him. C) He bled to death. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He bled to death. 15. Who put the treasure in the tower in the first place? A) Higlac's and Beowulf's ancestors. B) Hrothgar's ancestors. C) A man who was the last of his people. D) A runaway slave who needed shelter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A man who was the last of his people. 16. What will Beowulf do with the gold from the firedrake's den? A) Rebuild the houses in the valley. B) Buy more bees. C) Free the slave. D) Invest it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebuild the houses in the valley. 17. What noise did the sword make? A) Screaming. B) Singing. C) Laughing. D) Mouth sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singing. 18. Where does Beowulf live? A) Denmark. B) Norway. C) Geatland. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geatland. 19. Vernacular Art is art made A) By the rich for the poor. B) By ordinary people for the elite. C) By ordinary people for ordinary people. D) For everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By ordinary people for ordinary people. 20. A demon monster who preys on warriors in the mead-hall. A) Grendel. B) Grendel's Mother. C) The Dragon. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel. ← 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