Beowulf Quiz 217 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the name of the place fallen warriors go after death?

Correct Answer: A) Valhalla.

2. What does Beowulf hang as a trophy following the battle with Grendel?

Correct Answer: D) Grendel's arm.

3. Brief and to the point

Correct Answer: A) Brief.

4. The rock climber was full of gumption.In this sentence, gumption means .....

Correct Answer: B) Having fortitude and determination.

5. If someone is "writhing" in pain, what are they doing?

Correct Answer: C) Moving uncontrollably or twisting in agony.

6. This is the monster that Beowulf kills bare handed by ripping off their arm.

Correct Answer: D) Grendel.

7. The ..... kitten would not come out from under the bed.

Correct Answer: C) Timorous.

8. Who is the person most likely to have written it down?

Correct Answer: C) A monk.

9. What does Hrothgar call his Hall?

Correct Answer: C) Distorted.

10. The Danish king is plagued by Cain's hideous offspring.

Correct Answer: D) Hrothgar.

11. Who Said it: "Fighting that monster is like fighting the sea" ?

Correct Answer: D) The Coast Guard.

12. Compound words to describe and replace a noun

Correct Answer: B) Theory.

13. How does the mead hall, Herot, symbolize in the narrative?

Correct Answer: B) Community and civilization.

14. A golden shield hung from the ..... of the ship.

Correct Answer: A) Prow.

15. Anglo-Saxons always followed a Christian belief system

Correct Answer: B) False.

16. Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity to one another

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

17. Questions Beowulf's heroic deeds; Danish warrior

Correct Answer: B) Unferth.

18. Which group made up the upper class?

Correct Answer: B) Thanes.

19. Anglo-Saxons liked to brag and boast.

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. Hrothgar's warning to Beowulf after he defeats Grendel's mother .....

Correct Answer: C) Foreshadows Beowulf's need for help when he fights the dragon.