WorksheetsBeowulf Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What do some men say killed Beowulf?
The breath of the Firedrake
Bee stings
Grendel
A fire
What cured Beowulf's toothache?
Birds singing
Honey
The singing sword
Telling the story of Breca and the sea monsters
Who does Unferth find beautiful?
Queen Wealtheow
Grendel
Grendel's Mother
Breca
What does Beowulf use to defeat the Firedrake?
Bees
Brisingamen
A sword
His bare hands
What enabled Beowulf to breathe in the water of the fen?
Blood bubbles
His helmet
His sword
The sea monster
What is the name of Hrothgar's mead hall?
Geatland
Herorot
Hygelac
Frisia
How many sea monsters did Beowulf slay?
50
20
9
1
What did Beowulf take from Grendel?
His head
His sword
His arm
His mother
Why does Beowulf refuse when the people ask him to be king?
There's already an heir to the throne
He is afraid
He is too old
He is shy
What angered the Firedrake?
Someone woke him up
Someone stole a cup from his treasure
Beowulf's bees
Grendel's mother
imperishable
threatening harm; menacing
enduring forever
dry and withered
overly submissive and eager to please
Baleful
spiteful, showing ill will
foul-smelling; putrid
threatening harm; menacing
undisciplined, lewd, lustful
spoor
a litter of pigs
An organism made of a fungus and either algae or autotrophic bacteria that live together in a mutualistic relationship.
the trail left by a person or an animal
move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind
withered
unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence
of or like a mother
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
dry and withered
intangible
unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence
spiteful, showing ill will
overly submissive and eager to please
undisciplined, lewd, lustful
fretted
Done with force and energy
worried
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
incapable of being justified or explained
unwarrantable
undisciplined, lewd, lustful
foul-smelling; putrid
incapable of being justified or explained
spiteful, showing ill will
lichen
An organism made of a fungus and either algae or autotrophic bacteria that live together in a mutualistic relationship.
the trail left by a person or an animal
farrow
the act of hindering, obstructing, or impeding
Interference
a litter of pigs
move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind
the act of hindering, obstructing, or impeding
the trail left by a person or an animal
desolate
dry and withered
Deserted and lonely
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
enduring forever
