This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Expressing the opposite; inconsistent A) Reversive. B) Concave. C) Contradictory. D) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contradictory. 2. What is "oral tradition" ? A) Performing stories by speaking them from memory. B) Stories recorded in scrolls. C) A dance number that tells the story of something. D) The tradition of caring for one's mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Performing stories by speaking them from memory. 3. Where do Grendel and his mother live? A) In a palace. B) In a lake. C) In a mead-hall. D) In a barrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a lake. 4. What favor did Hrothgar do for Beowulf's father? A) He paid off the Wulfings, whom Edgetho upset. B) He gave Edgetho a wife. C) He helped Edgetho in battle against the Jutes. D) He loaned Edgetho some gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He paid off the Wulfings, whom Edgetho upset. 5. The Anglo-Saxons believed in "Wyrd" meaning that fate had no role in their lives. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What is a kenning? A) Renaming a person. B) Repetition of sounds. C) Break in the middle of a line. D) Comparison to something else. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renaming a person. 7. Which of the following was NOT an art form Anglo Saxons were good at? A) Dance. B) Poetry. C) Metal Work. D) Storytelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dance. 8. Honey ales A) Scops. B) Mead. C) Talons. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mead. 9. Which of the following below would most likely NOT be a theme of the poem? A) Bravery and loyalty will be heavily rewarded. B) Good always triumphs over evil. C) Old age is a warrior's worst fate. D) A good life is one that is remembered long after your death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old age is a warrior's worst fate. 10. All Hrothgar's men stayed loyal to him throughout the reign of terror inflicted upon them by Grendel. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. How does Hrothgar feel when Beowulf tells him he wants to go home? A) Happy. B) Sad. C) Angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sad. 12. Fill in the blank:She ..... every moment of her summer vacation, savoring the sunsets and laughter. A) Laments. B) Purges. C) Gorges. D) Relished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relished. 13. Which word means to cleanse? A) Talon. B) Affliction. C) Purge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purge. 14. What does Beowulf ask to have built in his honor? A) A mote. B) A castle. C) A tower. D) An arch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tower. 15. When used to describe the sea, the phrase "whale-road" is an example of ..... A) Theory. B) Wyrd. C) Cutting. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory. 16. Whom does the minstrel sing of during the celebration this time? A) Heroes of old. B) Hrothgar. C) Beowulf. D) The Dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf. 17. Match the definition with the word:adjectives or descriptors that take the place of a noun A) Thane. B) Cooking. C) Anathema. D) Means. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooking. 18. Why does Beowulf leave his sword on top of the mound? A) He won't need it to fight Grendel. B) He likes the way it looks. C) He forgets it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He won't need it to fight Grendel. 19. Who wrote Beowulf? A) William Shakespeare. B) J K Rowling. C) Unknown. D) John Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unknown. 20. Who is the following quotation written about: "Beowulf's coming, his sea-braving, made him sick with envy:he could not avide the fact that anyone else alive under heaven might enjoy greater reward than he did ..... " A) Wiglaf. B) Breca. C) Hrunting. D) Unferth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unferth. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesBeowulf Quiz 1Beowulf Quiz 2Beowulf Quiz 3Beowulf Quiz 4Beowulf Quiz 5Beowulf Quiz 6Beowulf Quiz 7Beowulf Quiz 9Beowulf Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books