WorksheetsBeowulf Final Exam Review
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Hygelac's son who becomes king of the Geats
a)
Heardred
b)
Beowulf
c)
Hrothmund
d)
Hygd
2.
Competed in a swimming contest against Beowulf
a)
Breca
b)
Aeschere
c)
Unferth
d)
Wiglaf
3.
Helps Beowulf during a fight with the dragon
a)
Wiglaf
b)
Grendel
c)
Offa
d)
Froda
4.
Killed by Grendel's mother
a)
Aeschere
b)
Hrothgar
c)
Beowulf
d)
Hrothmund
5.
Hrothgar's daughter
a)
Freawaru
b)
Breca
c)
Onela
d)
Hygd
6.
Gives Hrunting to Beowulf
a)
Unferth
b)
Wiglaf
c)
Hygelac
d)
Hrothgar
7.
What skill does Beowulf not possess?
a)
Strong swimmer
b)
Good at using a sword
c)
Strength
d)
Climbing
8.
Why does the dragon awaken?
a)
a slave steals a goblet
b)
he hears people coming
c)
Beowulf steals a sword
d)
a slave steals armor
9.
After fleeing Heorot, Grendel...
a)
dies on the grounds of the mead-hall
b)
returns to his fen
c)
tries to kill Hrothgar
d)
collapses on the road to his fen
10.
Grendel's skin can best be described as what
a)
thick and sword proof
b)
soft and malleable
c)
flimsy and transparent
d)
fleshy and bruised
11.
How is a king's body typically dealt with in the middle ages?
a)
burned on a funeral pyre
b)
it is cremated and his ashes are scattered around his kingdom
c)
it is buried in a coffin
d)
it is placed in a memorial to him
12.
What role is Beowulf supposed to play in regards to Hrothgar's sons?
a)
he is to act as an honorary older brother
b)
he is to becoming king in place of them
c)
he is to choose wives for them
d)
he is to choose which one becomes king
13.
Where did Grendel keep his victims?
a)
a pouch
b)
his lair
c)
he carried them
d)
a box
14.
what gifts does Hygelac give Beowulf?
a)
a gem studded sword
b)
a horse
c)
a shield
d)
a plaque
15.
Bewailing
a)
crying out in deep sorrow
b)
to offer
c)
to pay for services rendered or damages
d)
radiant, brilliant
16.
Proffer
a)
crying out in deep sorrow
b)
to offer
c)
radiant, brilliant
d)
huts
17.
recompense
a)
to offer
b)
to pay for services rendered
c)
heap of materials
d)
huts
18.
ado
a)
bothering about details
b)
endured
c)
heap of materials
d)
huts
19.
tholed
a)
fermented beverage
b)
heap of materials
c)
huts
d)
endured
20.
effulgent
a)
huts
b)
radiant, brilliant
c)
bothering about details
d)
to offer
21.
keens
a)
a crying or wailing for the dead
b)
crying out in deep sorrow
c)
radiant, brilliant
d)
huts
22.
Bothies
a)
huts
b)
radiant, brilliant
c)
to offer
d)
crying out in deep sorrow
23.
What role does Shield Sheafson play in Danish history?
a)
beginner of the Danish ruling line
b)
Beowulf's father
c)
Beowulf's uncle
d)
Hrothgar's son
24.
What happens at Shield Sheafson's funeral?
a)
His body is covered in treasure and sent out on a ship
b)
his ashes are scattered in the ocean
c)
he is burned at his castle
d)
his body is buried in the king's graveyard
25.
Who is Grendel a descendent of?
a)
Cain
b)
Abel
c)
Adam
d)
Eve
26.
How does Beowulf kill Grendel?
a)
with a sword
b)
with his bare hands
c)
with a stake
d)
with an arrow through the heart
27.
Who was Hrothgar previously acquainted with?
a)
Ecgtheow
b)
Beowulf
c)
Hygelac
d)
Hrothmund
28.
How do the swords affect Grendel?
a)
they don't
b)
they kill him
c)
they take off his arm
d)
they take off his foot
29.
Who comes to Heorot to avenge Grendel's death?
a)
his mother
b)
his father
c)
wiglaf
d)
Ecgtheow
30.
torques
a)
endured
b)
low lying swamps
c)
large rope
d)
metal collars or neck chains
31.
reavers
a)
robbers
b)
huts
c)
feudal lords
d)
large ropes
32.
Beowulf rules Geatland during how many years of peace?
a)
50
b)
20
c)
25
d)
10
33.
What does the dragon guard?
a)
keys to the kingdom
b)
a barrow of treasure
c)
a royal throne
d)
a king's body
34.
who helps Beowulf find the dragon's burrow?
a)
the slave who stole the goblet
b)
Unferth
c)
Hygelac
d)
Breca
35.
What does Beowulf mainly see himself as?
a)
a king
b)
a fighter
c)
a ruler
d)
a thane
36.
Where did Wiglaf get his weapons?
a)
his mother
b)
passed down generations
c)
Beowulf
d)
Breca
37.
What does the dragon's bite do to Beowulf?
a)
nothing
b)
takes off his arm
c)
poisons him
d)
gives him a limp
38.
What happens to Beowulf's body?
a)
his ashes are scattered
b)
his body is left with the dragon
c)
he is buried in the king's graveyard
d)
his body is placed on a pyre surrounded by treasure
39.
Who does Beowulf give his armor to right before he dies?
a)
Wiglaf
b)
Unferth
c)
Breca
d)
Hygelac
40.
What happens to Grendel's head?
a)
it is left in the fen
b)
it is impaled on a spear
c)
it is thrown into the ocean
d)
it is burned on a pyre
41.
How does Hrothgar view Beowulf?
a)
as a son
b)
as an enemy
c)
as an employee
d)
as a friend
42.
Who warns Hrothgar about not favoring Beowulf over his son?
a)
The Queen
b)
Hygelac
c)
Wiglaf
d)
Ecgtheow
43.
Who stops Beowulf on his way to Heorot?
a)
Danish Coast Guard
b)
Wiglaf
c)
Ecgtheow
d)
Unferth
44.
Who tries to embarrass Beowulf?
a)
Unferth
b)
Breca
c)
Wiglaf
d)
Myla
45.
Why did Beowulf not win the swimming contest?
a)
He wasn't fast enough
b)
He wasn't strong enough
c)
He got distracted
d)
He had to fight monsters
46.
What is not a characteristic of the epic hero?
a)
goes on a journey
b)
he has to die at the end
c)
he has supernatural strength or powers
d)
he does what no one else can
47.
Who warns Beowulf about not letting power get to his head?
a)
Hrothgar
b)
Hygelac
c)
Unferth
d)
Breca
48.
Beowulf goes to Denmark because he has been exiled
a)
True
b)
False
c)
_
d)
_
49.
Hrothgar knew Beowulf's father, Ecgtheow
a)
True
b)
False
c)
_
d)
_
50.
Hrothgar is not bothered by his inability to defeat Grendel
a)
True
b)
False
c)
_
d)
_
51.
Grendel's mother comes to Heorot to avenge her son's death
a)
true
b)
false
c)
_
d)
_
52.
Heorot translates into
a)
hall of the king
b)
center of the town
c)
hall of the heart
d)
hall of the hands
53.
Who is the translator of Beowulf
a)
Seamus Heaney
b)
Sean Handle
c)
JK Rowling
d)
Sean Hammy
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