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Beowulf Quiz Lines 1-1007

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of Hrothgar's mead hall?

a)

Geatland

b)

Herorot

c)

Hygelac

d)

Frisia

2.

How many sea monsters did Beowulf slay?

a)

50

b)

20

c)

9

d)

1

3.

What did Beowulf take from Grendel?

a)

His head

b)

His sword

c)

His arm

d)

His mother

4.

Grendel is the descendant of...

a)

Hrothgar

b)

Beowulf

c)

the devil

d)

Cain

5.

What language is Beowulf written in?

a)

Latin

b)

Middle English

c)

Welsh

d)

Old English

6.

Who is Hrothgar?

a)

King of the Swedes

b)

King of the Danes

c)

King of the British

d)

King of the Geats

7.

Why does Beowulf decide to visit Hrothgar?

a)

To create an alliance.

b)

To start war.

c)

To defeat a monster.

d)

To ask for protection.

8.

What was the monster's name?

a)

Hrothgar

b)

Geat

c)

Beowulf

d)

Grendel

9.

How many winters has the creature attacked the Danes?

a)

12 winters

b)

18 winters

c)

2 winters

d)

20 winters

10.

Which list of character traits best describe Beowulf?

a)

Cheat, Liar, Coward

b)

Honor, Quiet, Submissive

c)

Bravery, Honor, Strength

d)

Strength, Bravery, Arrogance

11.
Anglo-Saxon travelling poets were called 
a)
Scops
b)
Bards
c)
Minstrels
d)
Jongleurs
12.

Who is Beowulf?

a)

A heroic warrior who later becomes King of the Geats

b)

Only thane who stays with hero during the dragon battle

c)

Important Danish official; killed by Grendel’s mother

d)

Arrives from sea as a child. Founds royal Danish line

13.

“Swan-road” is an example of what?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Kenning

c)

Rhythm

d)

Caesura

14.

Beowulf is an ____ because it is a long, narrative poem about a hero.

a)

Epic

b)

Kenning

c)

Essay

d)

Limerick

15.

Which of the following is a characteristic of an Epic? (more than one may be correct)

a)

Includes magic and mystery

b)

Begins “in medias res”

c)

Hero embodies values and morals of the time

d)

A rhyming poem