Beowulf 9/22 - Quiz
  • 1. Hrothgar is the
A) King of Drones
B) King of Peace
C) King of the Danes
D) King of hearts
  • 2. Beowulf is a young warrior from
A) Danes
B) Greatland
C) Sweden
D) The North
  • 3. Herot is a
A) Axe of the greats
B) Canal down the river
C) large wooden mead hall
  • 4. Grendel is irritated or agitated because
A) Men are happy, enjoy music, live in nature's beauty, enjoy company
B) He is ugly
C) Women don't like him
  • 5. One detail of Grendel's attack is that
A) He sneaks up at night, grabs men, and smashes them, and runs with their bodies and takes them to his lair as food
B) He sneaks up on the men when they are cooking
C) He jumps on the men while they are sleeping
  • 6. Grendel is a descendant of
A) Canon for the woods
B) Mars
C) Cain from the bible
D) Abel
  • 7. Greatland is
A) Middle part of Ireland
B) southern tip of Sweden
C) Northern part of Norway
  • 8. Beowulf is
A) Strongest of the Geats
B) Biggest of all
  • 9. Higlac is
A) King of the Deeds
B) King of the oversight
C) King of the Geats
D) King of war
  • 10. Beowulf's uncle is
A) Higlac
B) Hrothgar
C) Higlatooth
  • 11. The mead hall stays empty for
A) 12 summers
B) 6 spring 6 winters
C) 12 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) Hillgar
B) Hrothgar
C) Herot
D) Abel
  • 14. Shrouds are
A) food pieces
B) cloth to cover the dead
C) leftover rock
  • 15. Beowulf manages to kill Grendel by
A) snapping off his arm
B) snapping his head off
C) snapping his foot off
  • 16. The men's swords could not harm Grendel because
A) bewitched weapons
B) he was too strong
  • 17. Grendel's mother's motivation for going to Herot is
A) kill Beowulf
B) determined to kill the Danes
C) Kill the greats
  • 18. Grendel's lair is described as
A) dark, cold, and bloody
B) wet, swampy
C) dark, lake entrance burns like a torch, and deer refuse to flee
  • 19. The Danes rewarded Beowulf in
A) He did not get paid
B) coins
C) gold
  • 20. Beowulf finds Grendel's mother
A) bottom of the cold cave
B) lake entrance
C) bottom of the lake
  • 21. Grendel's mother carried back to her lair
A) Higlac
B) Beowulf's cousin
C) Hrothgar's best friend
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