Beowulf 9/22 - Quiz
  • 1. Hrothgar is the
A) King of the Danes
B) King of Peace
C) King of Drones
D) King of hearts
  • 2. Beowulf is a young warrior from
A) Sweden
B) Danes
C) Greatland
D) The North
  • 3. Herot is a
A) large wooden mead hall
B) Axe of the greats
C) Canal down the river
  • 4. Grendel is irritated or agitated because
A) He is ugly
B) Men are happy, enjoy music, live in nature's beauty, enjoy company
C) Women don't like him
  • 5. One detail of Grendel's attack is that
A) He sneaks up on the men when they are cooking
B) He sneaks up at night, grabs men, and smashes them, and runs with their bodies and takes them to his lair as food
C) He jumps on the men while they are sleeping
  • 6. Grendel is a descendant of
A) Abel
B) Canon for the woods
C) Cain from the bible
D) Mars
  • 7. Greatland is
A) Northern part of Norway
B) southern tip of Sweden
C) Middle part of Ireland
  • 8. Beowulf is
A) Strongest of the Geats
B) Biggest of all
  • 9. Higlac is
A) King of the Geats
B) King of war
C) King of the Deeds
D) King of the oversight
  • 10. Beowulf's uncle is
A) Hrothgar
B) Higlac
C) Higlatooth
  • 11. The mead hall stays empty for
A) 12 winters
B) 12 summers
C) 6 spring 6 winters
D) 6 winters
  • 12. Grendel would never touch the king's throne because
A) Protected by Danish
B) Protected by the DANES
C) it was protected by GOD
  • 13. Beowulf decides to go help _____to get rid of Grendel
A) Abel
B) Hrothgar
C) Herot
D) Hillgar
  • 14. Shrouds are
A) food pieces
B) leftover rock
C) cloth to cover the dead
  • 15. Beowulf manages to kill Grendel by
A) snapping off his arm
B) snapping his foot off
C) snapping his head off
  • 16. The men's swords could not harm Grendel because
A) he was too strong
B) bewitched weapons
  • 17. Grendel's mother's motivation for going to Herot is
A) Kill the greats
B) kill Beowulf
C) determined to kill the Danes
  • 18. Grendel's lair is described as
A) dark, lake entrance burns like a torch, and deer refuse to flee
B) dark, cold, and bloody
C) wet, swampy
  • 19. The Danes rewarded Beowulf in
A) gold
B) coins
C) He did not get paid
  • 20. Beowulf finds Grendel's mother
A) lake entrance
B) bottom of the lake
C) bottom of the cold cave
  • 21. Grendel's mother carried back to her lair
A) Higlac
B) Hrothgar's best friend
C) Beowulf's cousin
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