Beowulf Quiz 39 (20 MCQs)

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1. Wiglaf.....

Correct Answer: B) Accuses the other retainers of being disloyal.

2. Extolled means:

Correct Answer: B) Praised.

3. A blood relative, usually male

Correct Answer: B) Kinsman.

4. Why does Beowulf have bad eyes?

Correct Answer: B) Bees attacked him when he was young.

5. What the king grants for killing Grendel:

Correct Answer: B) Half the gold of the kingdom.

6. When blood rises up from Grendel's Mother's swap, Hrothgar's men assume Beowulf has been killed.

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. Who is the monster that haunted King Hrothgar's palace and killed numerous Danes?

Correct Answer: C) Grendel.

8. The mention and explanation of Grendel being a descendant of Cain is an example of

Correct Answer: B) Allusion.

9. The pool Beowulf jumped into did not look like normal water. Why and how did get this way?

Correct Answer: A) Filled with Grendel's Blood.

10. Is language that communicates ideas beyond the literal meaning of words

Correct Answer: D) Figurative Language.

11. "Battle-sweat" would be an example of .....

Correct Answer: A) Akening.

12. Who is the creator of archetypes?

Correct Answer: B) Carl Jung.

13. What is a low marshy area of land called?

Correct Answer: D) Fen.

14. What fails Beowulf?

Correct Answer: B) His sword.

15. Define wergild.

Correct Answer: B) Every man has a value attached to his life, and this must be repaid if he is killed.

16. Fertilize; inseminate

Correct Answer: A) Conceive.

17. What is an antonym of dauntless?

Correct Answer: D) Fearful.

18. Bards/Scops used ALITERATION in their songs & poems in order to create ALL of the following EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: D) Rhyme.

19. What is a caesura in poetry?

Correct Answer: C) A pause or break within a line of poetry.

20. The setting of Beowulf is in .....

Correct Answer: B) Denmark and Geatland.