Beowulf Quiz 4

What did a hero most desire?

• To prove himself worthy of a wife.
• To become the next in line to be king.
• To become a skillful warrior and win several battles.
• To gain fame, honour, glory and reputation.

Which quote suggests that, as expected of a hero, Beowulf sees this battle with Grendel as an honour?

• 'If the battle takes me, send back...to Lord Hygelac. Fate goes ever as fate must.'
• 'Every elder among my people supported my resolve to come here to you.'
• 'My one request is that you won't deny me... the privilege of purifying Heorot.'
• 'Whichever one death fells must deem it a just judgement by God.'

In which quote is alliteration used to suggest the strength that Beowulf will need in battle against Grendel?

• 'privilege of purifying Heorot.'
• 'fight with the fiend.'
• 'if Grendel wins it will be a gruesome day.'
• 'feed on it alone in a cruel frenzy.'

Which biblical character is the monster Grendel compared to?

• Adam
• Cain
• Abel
• Satan

That monsters represented the difference between morality and sin (good and evil) was a belief of which important Anglo Saxon religion?

• Judaism
• Catholicisim
• Islam
• Christianity

An epic poem is...

• A very long poem, which would have taken days to read
• A long narrative poem, with a heroic theme.
• A long, violent story of a battle.
• A tragic tale, featuring war and death.

The first audiences for epic poems were...

• Listeners
• Readers

Which of these would you not expect to always see in an epic poem?

• Adventure.
• A hero.
• Battles and war.
• Historical fact.

Which pair of quotes best show the antithesis of good and evil, shown in the characters of Beowulf and Grendel?

• ‘captain of evil’ and ‘alert hero’.
• 'maddening for blood' and 'Hygelac's kinsman'
• 'his glee was demonic' and 'Hygelac's trusty retainer'
• 'terror monger' and 'earl-troop's leader'

Which quote describes the battle scene between Beowulf and Grendel most vividly (a feature of epic poems)?

• 'He ripped opening the building, maddening for blood.'
• 'He mauled a man on his bench, bit into his bone-lappings...and gorged on him in lumps.'
• 'The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered.'
• 'Fingers were bursting, the monster back-tracking, the man overpowering.'