This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 95 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 95 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What activities took place in mead halls during the Anglo-Saxon era? A) Engaging in political discussions and making important decisions. B) Praying, meditating, and practicing religious rituals. C) Feasting, drinking, storytelling, and socializing. D) Dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feasting, drinking, storytelling, and socializing. 2. He is the hero of the Geats A) Grendel. B) Beowulf. C) Hrothgar. D) Wiglaf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 3. What is the name of the mead hall in Denmark? A) Beowulf. B) Midgard. C) Valhalla. D) Heorot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heorot. 4. #20 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 5. Beowulf plans to defeat Grendel with ..... A) His sword. B) Hand-to-hand combat. C) Spears of his men. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hand-to-hand combat. 6. Passionately or forcefully A) Epic. B) Cesura. C) Theory. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vehemently. 7. What does Hrothgar say in his final praise to Beowulf? A) The geats should choose him as their next leader, if his uncle ever dies. B) He would be just like Heremond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The geats should choose him as their next leader, if his uncle ever dies. 8. A story of how the earth was created would be a ..... A) Origin Story. B) Creation Myth. C) Epic. D) Genesis story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creation Myth. 9. Losing a football game stinks, but losing a game where, at the end, you are lying face down in a puddle of mud and the fans are burning effigies of you in the streets? That is an ..... defeat. A) August. B) Languished. C) Depredated. D) Ignominious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ignominious. 10. Who are scops? A) Storytellers, poetry readers, entertainers. B) Friends of the Geats, Beowulf's people. C) Monks writing Christian literature. D) Hrothgar's men, also known as the Danes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Storytellers, poetry readers, entertainers. 11. Singers of tales A) Hrunting. B) Scops. C) Mail shirt. D) Mead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scops. 12. The Anglo-Saxons believed in an afterlife. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Where do Beowulf's warriors hide? A) Behind the dragon. B) Behind the bushes. C) In a fortress. D) In the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the woods. 14. Grendel is a A) Murderous monster. B) A warrior hero. C) A ghost who haunts the Danes. D) A beautiful maiden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Murderous monster. 15. Beowulf fought the dragon, despite the likelihood of death. A) Brave. B) Physically Strong. C) Values Loyalty. D) Intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brave. 16. Which of the following events happens first? A) King Hrothgar's closest friend is killed. B) Beowulf wrestles with Grendel in the golden hall. C) Beowulf kills the dragon that has been attacking his people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf wrestles with Grendel in the golden hall. 17. Who is the main antagonist in Beowulf? A) Wiglaf. B) Beowulf. C) King Hrothgar. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel. 18. What does Beowulf do to Grendel at the end of chapter 6? A) He kills him. B) He pulls off his arm. C) He chases him away. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He pulls off his arm. 19. The dragon kills Beowulf with A) A poisoned bite. B) Molten flame. C) Sharp claws. D) His own sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A poisoned bite. 20. Hrunting A) Beowulf's homeland. B) Grendel's mother. C) The sword used to fight Grendel's mother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sword used to fight Grendel's mother. ← 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