This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 233 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 233 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of A) Litotes. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 2. Where is the story of Beowulf set? A) Sweden. B) Denmark. C) Norway. D) Finland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denmark. 3. The lofty mountain proved difficult to scale.I this sentence, lofty means ..... A) Medium. B) Low. C) High. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High. 4. Give the meaning:heedless A) Carefully. B) Careless. C) Useless. D) Unspoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Careless. 5. Which theme fits best?-Beowulf never tries to be better than King Hrothgar A) Loyalty. B) Reputation. C) Hospitality. D) Revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loyalty. 6. Darkness, thick mist A) Murk. B) Repute. C) Wilt. D) Scorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Murk. 7. Who was the only victim of Grendel's mother? A) Hrothgar. B) Esher. C) Higlac. D) Edgetho. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Esher. 8. After Beowulf died, he asked that his men ..... A) Build a tower to honor him. B) Spit the dragon's treasure among themselves. C) Make Grendel the king. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Build a tower to honor him. 9. Who was Grendel and what did he do? A) It was a monster that was bothered by the music in the palace and ate the soldiers when they slept in the Herot. B) It was a monster that bothered him when the soldiers walked through the forest that surrounded the palace. C) She was the mother of a monster that devastated the mountains of Denmark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was a monster that was bothered by the music in the palace and ate the soldiers when they slept in the Herot. 10. A person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like A) Kinsman. B) Forge. C) Marsh. D) Bard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bard. 11. What is a tract of open, uncultivated land called? A) Fen. B) Lair. C) Moor. D) Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moor. 12. An archetype is A) A character, action, or situation that is a pattern across cultures. B) A larger than life character who goes on a quest. C) A character that opposed the protagonist. D) A character who needs to be rescued. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A character, action, or situation that is a pattern across cultures. 13. Sudden powerful force upward A) Atrocious. B) Wilt. C) Le samurai family. D) Surge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surge. 14. Which term fits in this sentence:Christina used her hunting ..... to survive in the woods for a week. A) Mandate. B) Prowess. C) Boast. D) Abode. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prowess. 15. Which vocabulary term is synonymous with conceited and egotistical? A) Haughty. B) Renown. C) Endow. D) Revel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haughty. 16. True or False? Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Beowulf died, an embarrassment to his people for his weak and disgraceful actions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Choose the best word, from this week's vocabulary list. Dedicate A) Devotee. B) Devote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Devote. 19. Abigail and Mason are playing a word game. They need to find the adjective that describes something intending to do harm. Can you help them? A) Malicious. B) Daunt. C) Malice. D) Weary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malicious. 20. Beowulf was written by monks. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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