Beowulf Quiz 52 (20 MCQs)

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1. (n) the handle of a weapon or tool, esp. a sword, dagger, or knife

Correct Answer: C) Hilt.

2. What does Beowulf take from the monsters' hall?

Correct Answer: A) Grendel's head and the hilt of the giants' jeweled sword.

3. Grateful to welcome help

Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar.

4. What is a caesura?

Correct Answer: A) A pause in a line of poetry.

5. Molten

Correct Answer: B) Melted by heat.

6. The story is set in which country?

Correct Answer: D) Denmark.

7. What is the main conflict in Beowulf?

Correct Answer: D) Man vs. monster.

8. Grendel descended from:

Correct Answer: A) Cain.

9. Anglo Saxons turned ..... after the arrival of Augustine.

Correct Answer: A) Christian.

10. Who was the author of Beowulf?

Correct Answer: A) The author is unknown.

11. Hrothgar built ..... as a symbol of his legacy.

Correct Answer: B) Herot Hall.

12. Who is the only Character to help Beowulf in the last battle against the dragon?

Correct Answer: B) Wiglaf.

13. Beowulf is from this country.

Correct Answer: C) Sweden.

14. Before Beowulf did battle with the dragon, he ordered that a new ..... be made for him.

Correct Answer: C) Shield.

15. Describe how Beowulf's scream "saved him" .

Correct Answer: B) It snapped him out of his fear so he could focus.

16. What is Beowulf's homeland?

Correct Answer: B) Geatland.

17. How do the Geats sleep after the banquet?

Correct Answer: B) They sleep with their armor close.

18. Which archetype is the most knowledgeable?

Correct Answer: A) The Sage.

19. Why does Beowulf tell Wiglaf the story of Sigemund and Fitela?

Correct Answer: C) To show him that you can use your brain to defeat enemies.

20. Much of the Anglo-Saxon literature that has survived is actually .....

Correct Answer: B) Based on pagan beliefs, with Christian additions.