This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 72 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the caesuras in the lines that follow: "As dark as the air, as black as the rainThat the heavens weep. Our only help ..... " A) The words "Rain" and "help". B) Between "air" and "as" and "weep" and "Our". C) Between "black" and "as" and "weep" and "Our". D) It's impossible to determine in modern English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between "air" and "as" and "weep" and "Our". 2. Using the text, what can we infer will happen to Hrothgar's hall? A) It will become vibrant with life after he is gone. B) It will be destroyed. C) It will be remodled. D) It will stand for centuries to come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It will be destroyed. 3. Grendel is a descendant of Cain A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Beowulf only fights the dragon so he can be rich and famous-he is only concerned about his reputation. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. When Beowulf learns that King Hrothgar's men have been attacked by Grendel, he ..... A) Waits to see if someone else will go help the king. B) Is fearful of Grendel and is nervous but decides to help the king. C) Orders his men to go ahead and see if they can defeat Grendel first. D) Does not hesitate to leave his land and help the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does not hesitate to leave his land and help the king. 6. Harper, Zoe, and Henry are playing a game of hide and seek. What does it mean when one of them waits somewhere secretly to attack the others? A) Lurked. B) Surprised. C) Worried. D) Despaired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lurked. 7. The Song of the Nibelungs tells the adventures of..... A) Siegfried. B) Sieglinde. C) Siegmund. D) Rodrigo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Siegfried. 8. What does purify; cleanse mean? A) Rinse. B) Prepare. C) Purge. D) Destroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purge. 9. What is Beowulf considered? A) A masterpiece by most. B) First major work in English literature history. C) A fool's tale. D) The only piece of Old English text today. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First major work in English literature history. 10. What kind of literature is Beowulf? A) Epic Poem. B) Novel. C) Poem. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic Poem. 11. As epic hero, Beowulf possesses all of the following characteristics EXCEPT A) Unusual circumstances of birth. B) Has a special weapon only he can wield. C) Must prove himself many times while on adventure. D) Receives an unhealable wound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unusual circumstances of birth. 12. Select the correct term for the following definition:having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy A) Imperious. B) Malice. C) Fetter. D) Reparation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperious. 13. What is the name of the mead-hall? A) Distorted. B) The Kindom. C) The Lair. D) The Swamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distorted. 14. Grendel causes terror by A) Attacking the king's men at night. B) Attacking women and children. C) Attacking the king. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attacking the king's men at night. 15. These are also known as warriors? A) Muse. B) Thanes. C) Company. D) Wyrd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thanes. 16. Who comes to help Hrothgar? A) A band of Frisians. B) Vikings. C) A band of Geats. D) A band of Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A band of Geats. 17. Who came from the fen to get revenge for Grendel? A) Unferth. B) Beowulf. C) Grendel's mother. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grendel's mother. 18. How old is Beowulf going into the last chapter? A) 90. B) 70. C) 52. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70. 19. Beowulf decided to fight who after he killed Grendel? A) Wiglaf. B) Grendel's mother. C) Higlac. D) Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel's mother. 20. Something horrible is ..... A) Lair. B) Gruesome. C) Gorge. D) Stalked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gruesome. ← 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