Beowulf Quiz 3 (20 MCQs)

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1. Twisting and turning in pain

Correct Answer: C) Writhing.

2. In 449 AD a group of Germanic tribes called the? invaded Albion.

Correct Answer: B) Anglo-Saxons.

3. Beowulf is an example of this common character type.

Correct Answer: C) Epic Hero.

4. Beowulf killed the dragon but was mortally wounded

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. What saves Beowulf from certain death in Grendel's cave?

Correct Answer: C) His Sword.

6. Horrified, appalled, shocked

Correct Answer: B) August.

7. After Grendel is defeated, this creature comes to the hall and kills one man.

Correct Answer: A) Grendel's mother.

8. (n.)Persistent pain or distress; great suffering

Correct Answer: B) Affliction.

9. Which of the following is evidence that this story is fictional?

Correct Answer: B) "For almost a day he swam down and did not see the bottom.".

10. A long narrative poem about a hero

Correct Answer: A) Epic.

11. How do the Geats honor Beowulf after death?

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

12. Spoke; expressed verbally

Correct Answer: B) Uttered.

13. In the "Poema de mio Cid".....

Correct Answer: A) Narrates warlike and heroic deeds.

14. The story of Heremod is told to caution Beowulf of .....

Correct Answer: B) Being too greedy.

15. Your dog stands sentry over your house.In this sentence, sentry means .....,

Correct Answer: C) To stand guard.

16. Grendel is a demon who is descended from what biblical character?

Correct Answer: C) Cain.

17. Who is "mild" ?

Correct Answer: D) Jesus.

18. A long narrative poem that recounts, in formal language, the exploits of a larger-than-life hero

Correct Answer: A) Epic.

19. The epic of Beowulf developed during a time when England was a ..... society, just before Christianity took hold.

Correct Answer: A) Pagan.

20. The death of ..... marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon Period.

Correct Answer: A) King Edward.