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Beowulf Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do some men say killed Beowulf?

a)

The breath of the Firedrake

b)

Bee stings

c)

Grendel

d)

A fire

2.

What cured Beowulf's toothache?

a)

Birds singing

b)

Honey

c)

The singing sword

d)

Telling the story of Breca and the sea monsters

3.

Who does Unferth find beautiful?

a)

Queen Wealtheow

b)

Grendel

c)

Grendel's Mother

d)

Breca

4.

What does Beowulf use to defeat the Firedrake?

a)

Bees

b)

Brisingamen

c)

A sword

d)

His bare hands

5.

What enabled Beowulf to breathe in the water of the fen?

a)

Blood bubbles

b)

His helmet

c)

His sword

d)

The sea monster

6.

What is the name of Hrothgar's mead hall?

a)

Geatland

b)

Herorot

c)

Hygelac

d)

Frisia

7.

How many sea monsters did Beowulf slay?

a)

50

b)

20

c)

9

d)

1

8.

What did Beowulf take from Grendel?

a)

His head

b)

His sword

c)

His arm

d)

His mother

9.

Why does Beowulf refuse when the people ask him to be king?

a)

There's already an heir to the throne

b)

He is afraid

c)

He is too old

d)

He is shy

10.

What angered the Firedrake?

a)

Someone woke him up

b)

Someone stole a cup from his treasure

c)

Beowulf's bees

d)

Grendel's mother

11.

imperishable

a)

threatening harm; menacing

b)

enduring forever

c)

dry and withered

d)

overly submissive and eager to please

12.

Baleful

a)

spiteful, showing ill will

b)

foul-smelling; putrid

c)

threatening harm; menacing

d)

undisciplined, lewd, lustful

13.

spoor

a)

a litter of pigs

b)

An organism made of a fungus and either algae or autotrophic bacteria that live together in a mutualistic relationship.

c)

the trail left by a person or an animal

d)

move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind

14.

withered

a)

unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence

b)

of or like a mother

c)

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

d)

dry and withered

15.

intangible

a)

unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence

b)

spiteful, showing ill will

c)

overly submissive and eager to please

d)

undisciplined, lewd, lustful

16.

fretted

a)

Done with force and energy

b)

worried

c)

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

d)

incapable of being justified or explained

17.

unwarrantable

a)

undisciplined, lewd, lustful

b)

foul-smelling; putrid

c)

incapable of being justified or explained

d)

spiteful, showing ill will

18.

lichen

a)

An organism made of a fungus and either algae or autotrophic bacteria that live together in a mutualistic relationship.

b)

the trail left by a person or an animal

c)

farrow

d)

the act of hindering, obstructing, or impeding

19.

Interference

a)

a litter of pigs

b)

move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind

c)

the act of hindering, obstructing, or impeding

d)

the trail left by a person or an animal

20.

desolate

a)

dry and withered

b)

Deserted and lonely

c)

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

d)

enduring forever