This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 38 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Distorted A) Hall, banquet center; means heart. B) Beowulf's homeland. C) King of the Danes. D) The sword used to fight Grendel's mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hall, banquet center; means heart. 2. The stadium erupted into ..... when the Yankees won the World Series. A) Exultation. B) Pandemonium. C) Timorous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pandemonium. 3. Choose the example of an alliteration. A) The brave watchman. B) So mankind's enemy. C) Glowing in the sun. D) Sliding silently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sliding silently. 4. Below is an example of a ..... Seized the ring-hilt and swung the sword A) Cutting. B) Illusion. C) Theory. D) Illiteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting. 5. What did the warriors do after laying Beowulf to rest? A) They burned his body. B) They rode around his tomb to remember him. C) They all went back home. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They rode around his tomb to remember him. 6. What does the author of Beowulf refer to? A) Both the Old & New Testament. B) The Old Testament. C) The New Testament. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Old Testament. 7. Is an extended meditative poem in which the speaker reflects upon death-often in tribute to a subject A) Elegy. B) Epic. C) Epic Hero. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 8. What happened to Unferth? A) Unferth was killed and torn apart. All that was left was his head and Beowulf ordered him buried. B) Unferth was alive and well, serving Grendel's mother in the underworld. C) Unferth was killed while leaving the hall. Beowulf and the Geats followed the trail of blood and gore to the pool. D) Unferth was found in pieces along the path to the pool. He was collected and buried. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unferth was killed and torn apart. All that was left was his head and Beowulf ordered him buried. 9. What quality is implied in lines 23-24? A) Respect. B) Obedience. C) Loyalty. D) Compassion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loyalty. 10. Vikings are famous for ..... every monastery and castle they could find A) Plundering. B) Seething. C) Quenching. D) Relishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plundering. 11. Which character in Beowulf is compared to Cain from the Bible? A) Beowulf. B) Grendel's mother. C) Hrothgar. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel. 12. Which type of sentence includes a single independent clause? A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 13. What happened to Hardred? A) He was killed in battle by Onela's Axe. B) He was killed in battle by Beowulf's Axe. C) He had been shot in the chest by an arrow. D) He had been left for dead and eaten by wolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was killed in battle by Onela's Axe. 14. What was the name of the hall that Hrothgar built? A) Half-day. B) Hergar. C) Distorted. D) Halga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distorted. 15. What do the stories told by the men reveal about Anglo-Saxon culture and religion? A) This reveals that the Anglo-Saxons valued the tradition of story-telling, particularly creation The use of the word "Almighty" and the description of the creation of the earth reads like a Christian narrative, which show the Anglo-Saxon's growing beliefs in the principles or stories of Christianity. B) This reveals that the Anglo-Saxons valued the tradition of telling myths about creation. It also reveals the need of Anglo-Saxons to tell "fishermen stories" to make the men feel better about themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This reveals that the Anglo-Saxons valued the tradition of story-telling, particularly creation The use of the word "Almighty" and the description of the creation of the earth reads like a Christian narrative, which show the Anglo-Saxon's growing beliefs in the principles or stories of Christianity. 16. Where did Beowulf come from? A) Geatland. B) Distorted. C) Oxford. D) Bedford. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geatland. 17. Match the character with the description:King of the Danes A) Grendel. B) Beowulf. C) Hrothgar. D) Hygelac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hrothgar. 18. Someone or something who guards others from harm A) Truce. B) Swayed. C) Protector. D) Groped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protector. 19. Which type of archetype would want to become more and more physically and emotionally attractive? A) The Magician. B) The Outlaw. C) The Lover. D) The Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Lover. 20. How is Beowulf going to defeat his foe (the dragon) this time? A) Common sense and a good attitude. B) Positivity and good vibes. C) On his own (He doesn't see the dragon as a threat). D) With his trusty sidekick Sam Gamgee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On his own (He doesn't see the dragon as a threat). ← 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