This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A journey to a historical or religous site A) Affliction. B) Pilgrimage. C) Loathsome. D) Taut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pilgrimage. 2. The stench of the garbage was so ..... that I made my brother put it in the dumpster. A) Loathsome. B) Dauntless. C) Solace. D) Writhing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loathsome. 3. Fatalism is ..... A) Belief that everything is good. B) Belief that everything is bad. C) Belief that everything is predetermined. D) Belief that everything is a result of free will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belief that everything is predetermined. 4. Wiglaf was Beowulf's most trusted companion. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What is the tone of the prologue in Beowulf? A) Humorous and lighthearted. B) Angry and vengeful. C) Solemn and mournful. D) Joyful and celebratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solemn and mournful. 6. To whom Beowulf requested to be burned in a funeral pyre? A) King Hrothgar. B) His wife. C) Hygelac's eldest son. D) Warrior Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warrior Wiglaf. 7. Beowulf could be considered a(n) A) Epic hero. B) Byronic hero. C) Classic hero. D) Anti-hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic hero. 8. How does Grendel's attack affect the people in the area? A) Grendel's attack negatively affects the people in the area. B) Grendel's attack only affects a few people in the area. C) Grendel's attack positively affects the people in the area. D) Grendel's attack has no effect on the people in the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel's attack negatively affects the people in the area. 9. Which theme fits best?-Beowulf hangs Grendel's arm from the rafters of Herot A) Reputation. B) Envy. C) Loyalty. D) Revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reputation. 10. A reference to people or places in the bible is ..... A) Biblical allusion. B) Biblical moral. C) Biblical imagery. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biblical allusion. 11. What is reported speech? A) These are the exact words spoken by a person written down. B) This is when a writer reports what someone has said without using their exact words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is when a writer reports what someone has said without using their exact words. 12. Beowulf serves as king of Geatland for ..... years. A) 12. B) 25. C) 50. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50. 13. Literature began as spoken verse. This was called ..... A) Story telling. B) Oral tradition. C) Poetry. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral tradition. 14. The Anglo-Saxon period is generally considered to date from ..... A) 55 BC to 409 AD. B) 1 AD to 449 AD. C) 449 AD to 1066 AD. D) 1066 AD to 1789 AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 449 AD to 1066 AD. 15. Who decided to hide Arthur with Ector? A) King Uther. B) Queen Igrayne. C) Sir Kaye. D) Merlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Merlin. 16. Paganism is the belief in many gods. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What was Grendel? A) A dragon. B) A gnome. C) An elf. D) An ogre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An ogre. 18. The archetypal epic hero stands in relation to his or her community as the hero- A) Who, as a supreme individual, is indifferent to the fate of others. B) Who saves others with minimal risk to himself. C) Who gives his or her own life to protect those less worthy. D) Whose individual quest has nothing to do with the community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who gives his or her own life to protect those less worthy. 19. Which state of the Hero's Journey did these happen in Beowulf?Battle with Grendel's Mother A) Approach. B) Ordeal or Great Trial. C) Reward. D) Return Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ordeal or Great Trial. 20. Which state of the Hero's Journey did these happen in Beowulf?Grendel's mother attacks Herot. A) Approach. B) Ordeal or Great Trial. C) Reward. D) Return Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Approach. ← 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