This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 60 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which term means arrangement of the parts of an image? A) Palette. B) Panel. C) Composition. D) Angle. E) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Composition. 2. Who/What was Hrunting? A) Mead hall. B) Beowulf's sword. C) Beowulf's loyal kinsman. D) King of the Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf's sword. 3. What is an epic hero? A) A larger than life character that represents death. B) A larger than life life figure that stays in one place. C) A larger than life figure who has no superhuman abilities. D) A larger than life figure who often embodies the ideals of a nation or race. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A larger than life figure who often embodies the ideals of a nation or race. 4. Who is queen of the Geats? A) Wealhtheow. B) Modthryth. C) Unferth. D) Hygd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hygd. 5. Fill in the blank:Grendel was never able to ..... many friends. He usually ate them. A) Cringe. B) Maul. C) Accumulate. D) Disengage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accumulate. 6. What are some of the major themes in Beowulf? A) Greed, deceit, corruption, justice. B) Love, betrayal, forgiveness, magic. C) Heroism, loyalty, fate, power of storytelling. D) War, revenge, honor, courage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heroism, loyalty, fate, power of storytelling. 7. Beowulf is from what time period? A) Tokugawa. B) Anglo-Saxon. C) Elizabethan. D) Roman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anglo-Saxon. 8. One thing we DO know about "Beowulf" is who wrote the story: A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. After realizing that his sword can't hurt Grendel's mother and his helmet can't protect him, why does Beowulf jump back into battle? A) He wants to die. B) He longs for fame. C) He is afraid of letting her roam free. D) He doesn't realize he's already lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He longs for fame. 10. Steadfast A) Abundantly. B) Firm and unwavering in purpose, loyalty, or resolve. C) Bare, uninhabited, and deserted; dismal and gloomy. D) Sharpened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Firm and unwavering in purpose, loyalty, or resolve. 11. How did Wiglaf and Beowulf defeat the Firedrake? A) Brute strength and muscle. B) Intelligence and cunning. C) Weapons and a well planned attack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intelligence and cunning. 12. Infest A) Triangle roof. B) Extremely angry. C) To spread or swarm. D) To scatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To spread or swarm. 13. What word means:insult; deliberate offense A) Fen. B) Affront. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affront. 14. Under Grendel's campaign of terror, some Danes went back to ..... A) France. B) Worshiping false gods. C) England. D) The ancestor's homeland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worshiping false gods. 15. Having a bad reputation; notorious A) Affliction. B) Cowering. C) Writhing. D) Infamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infamous. 16. How did Beowulf "put Unferth in his place?" A) He handed him an apple upon having a dagger drawn on him. B) He made jokes at Unferth's expense. C) He convinced the King that Unferth was a worthless subject. D) He challenged Unferth to a fist fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He handed him an apple upon having a dagger drawn on him. 17. Mead A) A drink of fermented honey and water. B) Claws. C) Muscles and tendons. D) Soft light wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A drink of fermented honey and water. 18. What is Tiw the god of? A) Music. B) Sea. C) War. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) War. 19. If you're a wildly popular celebrity, you probably don't go anywhere without a formidable bodyguard.Formidable means ..... A) Medium sized. B) Small. C) Impressive in strength or excellence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impressive in strength or excellence. 20. Note that the ..... cells are invading and destroying the muscle fibers of the heart. A) Parley. B) Malignant. C) Ply. D) Sheer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malignant. ← 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