This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 226 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 226 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why is "Beowulf" significant to historians? A) It references the bible. B) It is the first written English literature that we know of. C) It references Greek myths. D) It was in a church fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the first written English literature that we know of. 2. Beowulf is helped in battle by this man: A) Unferth. B) Hrothgar. C) Grendel. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wiglaf. 3. What does Grendel's mother take with her when she leaves Heorot? A) Beowulf's sword. B) Hrothgar's queen. C) Grendel's arm and a warrior. D) Some of Beowulf's men. E) Hrothgar's sword and armour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel's arm and a warrior. 4. Ambition:listless, lazy, complacent A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonym. 5. Pick the best ANTONYM for the word loathsome A) Best. B) Lovable. C) Angry. D) Absent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lovable. 6. " ..... mounted their hard-hooved Horses, high-spirited stallions, and rode them slowly toward Herot again, ..... " Identify the figurative language. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Extended metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. How was wealth shaped according to the text? A) With hard work. B) With intelligence. C) With luck. D) With a sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With a sword. 8. What was the name of the one warrior who was loyal to Beowulf out of the eleven he chose to go with him to fight the Dragon? A) Heorot. B) Hrunting. C) Heroic fire. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wiglaf. 9. A state of anxious uncertainty about what may happen in a story A) Suspense. B) Biblical allusion. C) Anglo-Saxon. D) Epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspense. 10. The monster intended to ..... himself on the warriors sleeping in the hall. A) Purge. B) Talon. C) Gorge. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gorge. 11. What angered the Firedrake? A) Someone woke him up. B) Someone stole a cup from his treasure. C) Beowulf's bees. D) Grendel's mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone stole a cup from his treasure. 12. Who is believed to have written Beowulf? A) A Christian poet. B) A Danish king. C) A Germanic warrior. D) A Mercian scribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Christian poet. 13. The result of Beowulf's battle with Grendel is ..... A) Beowulf loses and Grendel takes over the mead hall for good. B) Beowulf loses and Grendel drags his body back to the swap. C) Beowulf wins and replaces Hrothgar as king. D) Beowulf wins and uses Grendel's arm/shoulder as a trophy for his win. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beowulf wins and uses Grendel's arm/shoulder as a trophy for his win. 14. Who/What was Wiglaf A) Beowulf's loyal kinsman. B) Beowulf's uncle. C) Beowulf's father. D) Beowulf's sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf's loyal kinsman. 15. Beowulf's sword splinters A) On the dragon's skull. B) On a rock. C) In his hands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the dragon's skull. 16. What do Hrothgar and the other warriors think has happened to Beowulf during the fight? A) Hrothgar and the other warriors think that Beowulf died because the swamp was full of blood and Beowulf was gone for a long time. B) Hrothgar and the others believe that Beowulf is still fighting and cheering him on. C) None. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar and the other warriors think that Beowulf died because the swamp was full of blood and Beowulf was gone for a long time. 17. How does Grendel feel once the fight with Beowulf begins? A) Happy. B) Scared. C) Excited. D) Confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scared. 18. A synonym of solace is: A) Comfort. B) Beauty. C) Interrogation. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comfort. 19. Who destroyed most of the monasteries that were built? A) Danes. B) Alfred. C) Angles. D) Romans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danes. 20. Which of the following things is NOT an important part of an epic plot? A) Life & death struggles. B) Supernatural events. C) A happy ending. D) Long time periods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A happy ending. ← 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