This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 61 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is WYRD akin to?USE YOUR PAGAN HAND OUT A) FATE. B) HEROISM. C) PAGANISM. D) SHIP BURIAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FATE. 2. An exaggeration/overstatement used for effect. A) Hyperbole. B) Theory. C) Epic. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. What is the name of the mead hall that Grendel attacks? A) Distorted. B) Hrunting. C) Hrothgar. D) Hagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distorted. 4. Imagine you are at a party and there is a person who is constantly trying to draw attention to themselves by bragging about their achievements. This person could be described as: A) Jovial. B) Transmitters. C) Valiant. D) Ambitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transmitters. 5. The state of being related to others A) Kinship. B) Allegiance. C) Irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kinship. 6. An evil spirit or demon A) Culprit. B) Sinister. C) Fiend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiend. 7. King Hrothgar built a mead-hall called Heorot. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Given Grendel's reaction to the Danes' singing in the mead-hall, the reader can infer that ..... A) Grendel hates goodness and that joy causes him pain. B) Grendel loves goodness and longs to be a part of the celebration. C) Grendel hates the Geats and eagerly awaits their arrival. D) Grendel hates the Danes and eagerly awaits their departure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grendel hates goodness and that joy causes him pain. 9. Anglo-Saxon bards were known as ..... A) Scopes. B) Poets. C) Warriors. D) Vikings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scopes. 10. Choose the best word to create alliteration in this sentence:Frank ..... forced Felicia forward. A) Softly. B) Harshly. C) Firmly. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Firmly. 11. The feelings evoked in the reader while reading A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) Kinship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 12. God drove him off, Outlawed him to the dry and barren desert, And branded him with a murderer's mark. A) Infamous. B) Purge. C) Hoary. D) Spoils (n). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infamous. 13. What is the purpose of Beowulf mentioning his past accomplishments to KingHrothgar? A) To impress Hrothgar with his wealth. B) To show off his knowledge of history. C) To establish his credentials and gain Hrothgar's trust. D) To challenge Hrothgar to a competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To establish his credentials and gain Hrothgar's trust. 14. Beowulf is one of the oldest poems in the English language. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 15. Which character hated Beowulf, and ended up being his character foil? A) Unferth. B) Hrunting. C) Welthow. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unferth. 16. Which is not one of the languages in which English has its roots? A) Norse. B) Russian. C) Latin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russian. 17. Revered means: A) Collegial. B) Noticeable. C) Wealthy. D) Honorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Honorable. 18. Which of the following lines from a poem demonstrates the use of caesura? A) "The flowers bloomed in the garden.". B) "Beneath the moon's gentle glow, ". C) "She danced gracefully across the stage.". D) "The river flowed steadily onward, ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Beneath the moon's gentle glow, ". 19. To retaliate; to get back at someone who has hurt you A) Reprisal. B) Affliction. C) Baroques. D) Succinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reprisal. 20. An epic hero must undertake a ..... to achieve something of tremendous value for himself and his ..... A) Journey / son. B) Quest / society. C) Dragon / soldiers. D) Battle / society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quest / society. ← 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