This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 57 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The highest form of anger and rage is ..... A) Peace. B) Disgust. C) Fury. D) Lair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fury. 2. What happened to Beowulf's toothache? A) It got worse. B) It got better. C) It was gone. D) He had the tooth pulled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was gone. 3. Why doesn't Beowulf want to be king? A) Hadred is the rightful heir. B) He is lazy. C) He wants peace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadred is the rightful heir. 4. Who might have written the epic poem Beowulf? A) A king or queen. B) A farmer or peasant. C) A monk or court poet. D) A warrior or soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A monk or court poet. 5. Are the tales of the Greek, Roman, Norse, etc gods considered to be legends or myths? A) Legends. B) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myths. 6. Look at this quote from page 16:'Looping the sluggish wave'. The word 'sluggish' is ..... A) A verb. B) A noun. C) An adjective. D) An adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adjective. 7. House, apartment, or place of residence A) Bear. B) Dwelling. C) Brand. D) Spoils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dwelling. 8. What was the one thing Grendel wouldn't touch? A) The king's throne. B) The door to the mead hall. C) The king's crown. D) The burning fire in the mead hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The king's throne. 9. Something done to make amends for loss or suffering. A) Reparation. B) Taut. C) Affliction. D) Moor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reparation. 10. Queen Elizabeth II is one of the most ( ) rulers in world history. A) Renowned. B) Pagan. C) Exiled. D) Reproachable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renowned. 11. Bite at or nibble something persistently A) Wry. B) Exultation. C) Gnaw. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gnaw. 12. Son of Halfdane A) Hrothgar. B) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hrothgar. 13. Which is an example of Alliteration? A) "The Quail killed the canary.". B) "Sally bought shells near the ocean.". C) "Annie creates alliterative poems all the time in the arena.". D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 14. Who does Beowulf ask permission from to help Hrothgar? A) Hrothgar. B) Beowulf. C) Grendel. D) Hygelac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hygelac. 15. Hrothgar assists Beowulf in his epic battle against the dragon. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Which of these is NOT a theme of Beowulf? A) Money Corrupts All. B) Good vs. Evil. C) Importance of Courage. D) Importance of Loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Money Corrupts All. 17. Justice which focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders A) Retributive justice. B) Restorative justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restorative justice. 18. Prow means: A) The front. B) Import. C) Monastery. D) Assemblage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The front. 19. Why do Beowulf and his followers' swords not work on Grendel and his mother? A) The swords have been bewitched by the monsters. B) The swords are old and dull. C) The swords are actually toy light sabers. D) The men are too weak to lift the swords. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The swords have been bewitched by the monsters. 20. Where does Beowulf fight Grendel's mother? A) Heorot. B) On top of the cloven mountains. C) In her lair at the bottom of the lake. D) On the shore before Grendel lake. E) In a Danish forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In her lair at the bottom of the lake. ← 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