This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 24 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sea spray; spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind A) Spin drift. B) Sheaf. C) Singe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spin drift. 2. Beowulf is a(n)..... A) Short story. B) Play. C) Novel. D) Epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epic poem. 3. The main theme of Beowulf is ..... A) Courage vs. Cowardice. B) Good vs. Evil. C) Peace and War. D) Love and Hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good vs. Evil. 4. The Duke was always a ( ) man who thought he was better than everyone else. A) Omen. B) Haughty. C) Courteous. D) Prowess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haughty. 5. This warrior refused to desert his ailing king in a battle against a fierce dragon. A) Hrothgar. B) Wexstan. C) Wiglaf. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wiglaf. 6. What is another name for Beowulf? A) Gilgamesh. B) Oedipus. C) JaKarrie. D) Edgethoe's Son. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edgethoe's Son. 7. It's a cut..... A) A rhythmic break in a line where a speaker could pause for breath. B) A type of punctuation. C) A two-word metaphoric renaming. D) Repetition of initial consonants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rhythmic break in a line where a speaker could pause for breath. 8. When Grendel confronts Beowulf in Herot, what happens? A) They fight; Grendel wins and kills Beowulf. B) They fight; Beowulf wins and rips off Grendel's arm. C) They fight; Hrothgar steps in and kills Grendel. D) They fight; the match ends in a draw and Grendel runs away to fight another day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They fight; Beowulf wins and rips off Grendel's arm. 9. "Mankind's Enemy" is an example of what kind of figurative language? A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory. 10. What does omniscient mean? A) Blinded. B) Not sure. C) Knows everything. D) Puzzled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knows everything. 11. He tore his ACL last year, but now he's ..... again and ready to get back out there! A) Hale. B) Loathsome. C) Seethe. D) Taut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hale. 12. What happened when Shild died? A) His body was buried in a castle. B) His body was set adrift on a ship. C) His body was cremated. D) His body was preserved in a tomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His body was set adrift on a ship. 13. How were the stories passed down during the Anglo-Saxon period? A) Internet. B) Written books. C) Oral tradition. D) Video. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oral tradition. 14. In a feudal system, ? provided military protection A) Soldiers. B) Knights. C) Peasants. D) Nobles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knights. 15. Which of the following is an element of an epic? A) Simple structure. B) Short and realistic. C) Overwritten. D) Minimalistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overwritten. 16. Who are the only ones who survive Grendel's attacks on Herot? Is anyone able to fight him off? A) The only men who are able to survive are those who flee from Herot. No one is able to fight him off. B) Four of them flee before he found them. C) There are no survivors. D) The survivors are those who fought and destroyed the monster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The only men who are able to survive are those who flee from Herot. No one is able to fight him off. 17. This Great king first refused the crown when it was offered to him. A) Beowulf. B) Higlac. C) Unferth. D) Hrothgar. E) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. 18. Which of the following is not part of the setting of Beowulf? A) A long time ago in the land of the Danes. B) A place near the sea and a great swamp (fen). C) An unknown mythical and magical swamp, with many mythical creatures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An unknown mythical and magical swamp, with many mythical creatures. 19. How does the fight with the dragon end? A) The dragon dies. B) Beowulf dies. C) Both the dragon and Beowulf die. D) Neither die. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both the dragon and Beowulf die. 20. Use the adjective ..... to describe a purposeful and determined person, someone who wants to do something very much, and won't let anything get in the way. A) Resolute. B) Formidable. C) Plight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolute. ← 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