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Beowulf 9/22 - Quiz
Contributed by: Wright
  • 1. Hrothgar is the
A) King of the Danes
B) King of Peace
C) King of hearts
D) King of Drones
  • 2. Beowulf is a young warrior from
A) Sweden
B) The North
C) Greatland
D) Danes
  • 3. Herot is a
A) large wooden mead hall
B) Canal down the river
C) Axe of the greats
  • 4. Grendel is irritated or agitated because
A) He is ugly
B) Women don't like him
C) Men are happy, enjoy music, live in nature's beauty, enjoy company
  • 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) Mars
B) Canon for the woods
C) Abel
D) Cain from the bible
  • 7. Greatland is
A) southern tip of Sweden
B) Northern part of Norway
C) Middle part of Ireland
  • 8. Beowulf is
A) Biggest of all
B) Strongest of the Geats
  • 9. Higlac is
A) King of the oversight
B) King of war
C) King of the Geats
D) King of the Deeds
  • 10. Beowulf's uncle is
A) Higlatooth
B) Higlac
C) Hrothgar
  • 11. The mead hall stays empty for
A) 6 spring 6 winters
B) 12 summers
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) Abel
B) Hillgar
C) Herot
D) Hrothgar
  • 14. Shrouds are
A) food pieces
B) leftover rock
C) cloth to cover the dead
  • 15. Beowulf manages to kill Grendel by
A) snapping his foot off
B) snapping off his arm
C) snapping his head 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 the greats
B) kill Beowulf
C) determined to kill the Danes
  • 18. Grendel's lair is described as
A) dark, cold, and bloody
B) dark, lake entrance burns like a torch, and deer refuse to flee
C) wet, swampy
  • 19. The Danes rewarded Beowulf in
A) He did not get paid
B) gold
C) coins
  • 20. Beowulf finds Grendel's mother
A) lake entrance
B) bottom of the cold cave
C) bottom of the lake
  • 21. Grendel's mother carried back to her lair
A) Beowulf's cousin
B) Higlac
C) Hrothgar's best friend
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