This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 56 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How can you tell that Beowulf is a legendary hero? A) He is the son of a Geat ruler who came to fight in England. B) He is a soldier who fought in battles long ago. C) He is larger than life and is remembered in tales from long ago. D) He believes in honor and loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is larger than life and is remembered in tales from long ago. 2. Why does the watchman get suspicious when he sees Beowulf and his men arrive? A) They were trying to sneak by him. B) Beowulf was wearing a disguise. C) Their weapons were too nice for commoners to own. D) They speak another language than his own. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their weapons were too nice for commoners to own. 3. According to Tolkien, the biggest challenge in translating Beowulf is making it both understandable and: A) Clear. B) Historically accurate. C) Engaging. D) Morally correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engaging. 4. Why had Hrothgar's red hair turned white? A) From old age. B) From being a coward. C) From his worry of Grendel. D) From the stress of ruling the kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From his worry of Grendel. 5. Who is described in these lines? ""Too loathsome and lasting. Not longer he tarried, But one night after continued his slaughter ..... " A) Hrothgar. B) Grendel. C) Beowulf. D) Higelac. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel. 6. Which type of sentence starter is the sentence below:At last the spoor came to an end. A) Prepositional phrase. B) Adjective, adjective. C) Verb+ing. D) To+verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepositional phrase. 7. From which fact in Beowulf can the reader infer that Beowulf is honorable? A) Beowulf refuses to use weapons because Grendel uses none. B) Beowulf vows to ambush Grendel and destroy the monster. C) Beowulf is the strongest of the Geats. D) Higlac is Beowulf's cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf refuses to use weapons because Grendel uses none. 8. When the "rich feasting" begins in celebration of Beowulf's return, identify two things that are included in the celebration. A) A mailcoat; an exchange of treasure. B) Minstrel songs; a sword. C) Exchange of treasure; loud revelry of heroes. D) Mead; archery contest. E) Grendel's head; mead. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exchange of treasure; loud revelry of heroes. 9. Our ( ) waiter made us feel welcome at the restaurant A) Reproachable. B) Courteous. C) Haughty. D) Pagan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Courteous. 10. Quench A) To encourage someone. B) To dissatisfy someone. C) Satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking. 11. Why is Grendel in pain at the beginning of the story? A) The music & noise from the hall. B) He's sick. C) The sunlight hurts him. D) He lost his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The music & noise from the hall. 12. Who was Beowulf's "right hand man" against the Firedrake? A) Wiglaf. B) Unferth. C) Sigemund. D) Fita. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wiglaf. 13. Epics began as oral poems retold over many generations. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. A violent disturbance A) Lavish. B) Elated. C) Turmoil. D) Ravenous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turmoil. 15. Which of the following is not a kenning? A) Mead hall. B) Lord's protector. C) Golden wing. D) Sea witch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Golden wing. 16. What makes Seamus Heaney unusual among Beowulf translators? A) He was a historian. B) He was Irish. C) He spoke Old English fluently. D) He was a poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was a poet. 17. Approximately when is Beowulf dated to? A) 800 A.D. B) 800 B.C. C) 1066 A.D. D) 1 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 800 A.D. 18. Who is the monster that comes and terrorizes the Danes? A) To eat. B) Grendel. C) Beowulf. D) Hrothger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel. 19. How many monsters will Beowulf fight in the poem? A) Two. B) One. C) Twenty. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three. 20. The first Germanic people to invade Britain and settle there were ..... A) The Jutes. B) The Romans. C) The Normans. D) The Celts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Jutes. ← 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