This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If a dish is embossed it is ..... A) Decorated with a design that stand out in relief. B) Causing public disgrace. C) Decorated to show fear. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decorated with a design that stand out in relief. 2. Hrothgar? A) Grendel's mother. B) King of the Danes. C) Wyrd. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King of the Danes. 3. Beowulf's deeds require tremendous A) Trust. B) Humility. C) Wisdom. D) Courage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Courage. 4. What role does Wiglaf play in Beowulf? A) Wiglaf plays the role of a coward who abandons Beowulf in his final battle. B) Wiglaf plays the role of a wise advisor who helps Beowulf in his final battle against the dragon. C) Wiglaf plays the role of a loyal warrior and the only one who helps Beowulf in his final battle against the dragon. D) Wiglaf plays the role of the main antagonist in Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wiglaf plays the role of a loyal warrior and the only one who helps Beowulf in his final battle against the dragon. 5. Sharpened (as a whetstone) A) Whetted. B) Accordance. C) Keen. D) Glut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whetted. 6. What type of poem is Beowulf? A) An Epic. B) A Sonnet. C) An Ode. D) A haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An Epic. 7. Why did people believe the arrival of the baby was Odin's doing? A) The baby's name tag said "from Odin". B) The baby was wearing a crown. C) The people had wished for a King and one appeared on the seashore with gold and swords heaped around him. D) The baby told them he came because of Odin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The people had wished for a King and one appeared on the seashore with gold and swords heaped around him. 8. The Anglo-Saxon period ended with the ..... A) Battle of the Bulge. B) Building of Hadrian's Wall. C) Norman Conquest. D) Collapse of the Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norman Conquest. 9. The story-teller substitutes the name Grendel with the kenning God-cursed brute in order to ..... A) Emphasize the depth of Grendel's evil. B) Describe the havoc Grendel creates in detail for the reader. C) Show the reader that Grendel presents no real challenge. D) Stress the excess of Grendel's greed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasize the depth of Grendel's evil. 10. A larger-than-life figure, typically noble; undertakes a quest A) Divine intervention. B) Epic. C) Epic hero. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic hero. 11. What was the name of the Anglo-Saxon belief meaning fate? A) Lorde. B) Wyrd. C) Saeflod. D) Unweder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wyrd. 12. Which of the following things was NOT important to the Anglo Saxons? A) Bravery. B) Loyalty. C) Looks. D) Family/kin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looks. 13. Kennings were a major part of ..... A) Symbolism. B) Characterization. C) Anglo Saxon literature. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anglo Saxon literature. 14. Which is an example of a kenning: A) The plane flew over Texas. B) My cute kitten ran up behind me. C) The cave-guard breathed fire. D) Beowulf fought the big monster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cave-guard breathed fire. 15. How long did Grendel's reign of terror last? A) 12 years. B) 12 months. C) 6 months. D) 6 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12 years. 16. Choose the best word, from this week's vocabulary list.Disintegrate A) Collapse. B) Collapsible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collapse. 17. To put out, extinguish, end A) Gorge. B) Syntax. C) Purport. D) Quench. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quench. 18. Which of these five things is NOT specifically discussed feats that marks Beowulf as an epic hero? A) He is able to defeat the monster with his bare hands. B) He swims underwater for hours. C) He travels to Herot to defeat a monster out of bravery. D) He is able to pick up the sword that no one else can lift. E) He is able to be king after defeating the monsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) He is able to be king after defeating the monsters. 19. Tavern A) Serious situation. B) A person who prepares medicine. C) An insult. D) A bar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A bar. 20. What is Beowulf's dying wish? A) For Wiglaf to bury his body under the mead hall. B) For Wiglaf to fetch the gold from the dragon's tower. C) To write an epic poem about Beowulf's life. D) To punish his cowardly thanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For Wiglaf to fetch the gold from the dragon's tower. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesBeowulf Quiz 1Beowulf Quiz 2Beowulf Quiz 3Beowulf Quiz 4Beowulf Quiz 5Beowulf Quiz 6Beowulf Quiz 7Beowulf Quiz 8Beowulf Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books