Beowulf Quiz 66 (20 MCQs)

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1. Anything vulnerable to attack is .....

Correct Answer: D) Assailable.

2. (adjective) having a very bad reputation

Correct Answer: C) Infamous.

3. "Preen" means to:

Correct Answer: D) Primp.

4. Which detail from the story shows that Beowulf' men care of him?

Correct Answer: C) They stay at the pool's edge even when King Hrothgar's men leave.

5. What is the name of the mead hall?

Correct Answer: C) Distorted.

6. A character that is simply hanging about, but they do help to move the plot forward and interact with the characters is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Tertiary Character.

7. What is the "trophy" at the end of The Battle with Grendel?

Correct Answer: C) Grendel's whole arm.

8. The thoughts/emotions of a single speaker

Correct Answer: A) Lyric.

9. Who unified and created England?

Correct Answer: A) King Alfred.

10. Which lines show that Scyld was well-respected?

Correct Answer: B) Lines 9-10.

11. Who was Grendel?

Correct Answer: B) A demon.

12. Refers to the way in which words and sentences are placed together.

Correct Answer: C) Syntax.

13. "wulf" means

Correct Answer: A) Wolf.

14. The story was probably written in

Correct Answer: B) The early 700's.

15. Hiding in fear

Correct Answer: A) Cowering.

16. What language did the Anglo-Saxons speak?

Correct Answer: A) Old English.

17. Strongest of Scyld's son and builder of Heorot

Correct Answer: C) King Hrothgar.

18. How old is the Beowulf manuscript?

Correct Answer: A) Over a thousand years old.

19. Discuss how the text infers how Beowulf might approach Grendel?

Correct Answer: B) With his bare hands.

20. Beowulf was originally written in .....

Correct Answer: A) Old English.