This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 221 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 221 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "He was tall as a tower and his eyes blazed like bonfires when he was angry." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. From whom does the story state that Grendel's family descended? A) Judas. B) Abraham. C) Abel. D) Cain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cain. 3. Individual scene in a graphic novel, often framed by a border A) Panel. B) Angle. C) Perspective. D) Lighting/color. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panel. 4. Which religion was spreading across Europe during the time of Beowulf? A) Buddhism. B) Islam. C) Paganism. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christianity. 5. Define noble A) An international prize given each year for achievements in literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, economics, and world peace. B) Having high or elevated character. C) Very serious; not joking or exaggerating. D) A supportive beam in a fence during feudal times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having high or elevated character. 6. Is a writer's or speaker's choice of words A) Archetype. B) Cesura. C) Theory. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 7. When the she-monster draws her knife and attempts to slay Beowulf, he survives for two reasons. What are they? A) His mailcoat and God's wisdom. B) His helmet and fate. C) His shield and God's wisdom. D) His bare hands and a prayer to God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His mailcoat and God's wisdom. 8. What was the name of the thane that came to Beowulf's aid against the dragon? A) Hrothgar. B) Huge. C) Gargamel. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wiglaf. 9. Bards, or traveling storytellers of the time were called ..... A) Scopes. B) Liches. C) Wilders. D) Karg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scopes. 10. What happens during restitution? A) The hero is being told of his task. B) The hero resurrects from the dead. C) The hero returns home and gains glory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The hero returns home and gains glory. 11. What does Beowulf do before he swims back to land? A) Beowulf grabs Grendel's head and the hilt to the sword he used to defeat Grendel's mother. B) Beowulf cuts off Grendals Mother's arms. C) All the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf grabs Grendel's head and the hilt to the sword he used to defeat Grendel's mother. 12. Who was Breca? A) Beowulf's friend and swimming competitor. B) Wealhtheow's sister and enemy. C) Hrothgar's niece. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf's friend and swimming competitor. 13. Ship grave A) Sutton Hoo. B) Hadrian's Wall. C) Mead hall. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sutton Hoo. 14. What is the name of the mead hall where the men gather after fighting? A) Distorted. B) Headfine. C) Higlac. D) Herrod. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distorted. 15. What is the term for the belief that one's destiny is determined at birth? A) Cutting. B) Theory. C) Man price. D) Wyrd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wyrd. 16. Wiglaf was disappointed with the people because A) They were not able to defeat the dragon. B) They did not come to the battle prepared. C) They left Beowulf to die alone. D) They deserted Wiglaf and Beowulf when they needed them the most. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They deserted Wiglaf and Beowulf when they needed them the most. 17. Which of the following best demonstrates the Anglo-Saxon concept of wyrd and how it shapes the events of the poem? A) "And then he who'd endured dozens of desperate/Battles, who'd stood boldly while swords and shields/Clashed, the best of kings " (lines 637-39). B) "Her visit ended their good fortune, reversed/The bright vane of their luck." (lines 399-400). C) "They wrestled, she ripped/And tore and clawed at him, bit holes in his helmet, /And that too failed him " (lines 481-83). D) "But fate, that night, intended/Grendel to gnaw the broken bones/Of his last human supper." (lines 258-59). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "But fate, that night, intended/Grendel to gnaw the broken bones/Of his last human supper." (lines 258-59). 18. What is the symbolism behind the violence Grendel's mother imposes on Aeschere, the king's advisor? A) The head symbolizes wisdom. B) She symbolizes evil consuming an average man. C) The arm symbolizes strength. D) By taking his advisor, she steals his right hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The head symbolizes wisdom. 19. The Danish King is A) Hrothgar. B) Higlac. C) Half-day. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar. 20. What group of people does King Hrothgar rule? A) The Swedens. B) The Geats. C) The Danes. D) The Norse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Danes. ← 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