This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 75 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 75 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He adjusted the drum head until the surface was ..... and ready for playing. A) Taut. B) Anguish. C) Valor. D) Relish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taut. 2. What is meant by "his heart would never shrink?" A) Beowulf had a heart condition. B) Though he may be old, Beowulf was still as brave as he always was. C) Beowulf had grown old, but his heart had not physically shrunk. D) Beowulf's age had begun to show as he could not fit in his armor and it seemed his mind was going as well. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Though he may be old, Beowulf was still as brave as he always was. 3. Formal words are used in formal situations, such as press conferences and presentations. A) Poetic Diction. B) Formal Diction. C) Colloquial Diction. D) Informal Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formal Diction. 4. What does Beowulf say that his men should do to the slave that caused the valley to be burned? A) Let him eat honey. B) Burn him alive. C) Make him rebuild the village. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Let him eat honey. 5. Hrothgar is the king of the ..... A) None. B) Danes. C) Danish. D) Geats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Danes. 6. "storied" means: A) Celebrated. B) Neglected. C) Frivolous. D) Delicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celebrated. 7. When the dragon awakes & terrorizes Geatland, about how much time has passed since Beowulf " ..... freed Heorot all those years ago" ? A) 12 years. B) 7 years. C) 40 years. D) 50 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50 years. 8. How often does romantic love appear in Beowulf? A) Hardly ever. B) Five or six times. C) Very often. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly ever. 9. Who was Sir Ector? A) Arthur's adopted father. B) King of England. C) A peasant. D) A sorcerer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthur's adopted father. 10. How does Beowulf wish he could fight the dragon? A) With the giant's sword as he fought Grendel's mother. B) With his bare hands as he fought Grendel. C) With Hrunting as he fought Grendel's mother. D) He doesn't wish to fight at all because he is now an old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With his bare hands as he fought Grendel. 11. Blunt A) Uncompromisingly forthright. B) Showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals. C) Delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uncompromisingly forthright. 12. How does Beowulf know Hrothgar? A) Beowulf's father is friends with Hrothgar. B) Hrothgar is Beowulf's uncle. C) Hrothgar and Beowulf's father were enemies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf's father is friends with Hrothgar. 13. A long narrative poem that celebrates a hero's deeds. A) Epic. B) Theme. C) Stock epithets. D) Scopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic. 14. TRUE OR FALSE:Beowulf received deadly injures during the fight with the dragon and eventually died a noble death in Geatland. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 15. Which creature attacked Beowulf's kingdom? A) Dragon. B) Shark. C) Octopus. D) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dragon. 16. What did the firedrake do after it got out of its den? A) It burned the slave. B) It burned the valley. C) It burned Beowulf. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It burned the valley. 17. Alliterative verse has A) Repetition of initial sounds of words (occurs in every line). B) Generally, four feet/beats per line. C) A caesura, or pause, between beats two and four, no rhyme. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. What does Beowulf take back to Hrothgar after he kills Grendel's mother? A) Treasure. B) Grendel's head. C) Grendel's dead mother. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grendel's head. 19. What is the name of Beowulf's king? A) Hygelac. B) Ecgtheow. C) Hrothgar. D) Tim the Enchanter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hygelac. 20. In Beowulf, the visitors to the Danish meadhall are the? A) Geats. B) Scyldings. C) English warriors. D) Relatives from the South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geats. ← 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