Test your Beowulf Skills 2 !!?

Note: I already have the answers, I want to see if you find them hard enough to present them in my Honors English I class.

17. Grendel’s mother lived in a:
A. hut
B. denunderalake
C. castle
D. reef
18. Beowulf offered Hrothgar:
A. gold
B. Hrunting
C. The giant sword
D. Grendel’s head and the remains of the giant sword
19. Hrothgar and the men believed that Beowulf was dead when:
A. blood bubbled on the lake
B. his mailcoat was found
C. a dragon appeared
D. his horn ceased
20. After slaying Grendel’s mother, Beowuif:
A. threatened to take Heorot
B. demanded treasure chests
C. returned to his native land
D. hunted other monsters
21. According to the Beowuif saga, the bodies of dead kings were:
A. sealed in a crypt
B. burned on a funeral pyre
C. sent to sea
D. frozen
22. The fire dragon was mad because:
A. a drunken warrior had pounded it with rocks a thief had stolen some treasure it guarded
C. Heardred had died
23. As Beowulf grew older, he hoped to die:
A. in battle
B. in his sleep
C. in peace
D. of old age
24. As Beowulf prepared to fight the dragon, he:
a. felt afraid for the first time
b. felt no lust for battle and seemed to sense doom
c. prayed
d. was depressed

25. Beowulf’s warriors forsook him when they saw:
A. him stumbling and choking N
B. the dragon’s fire
C. the dragon pulling Wiglaf into the water
D. his shield melt
26. The dragon was killed by:
A. Wiglaf
B. Urethaean
C. Beowuif and Wiglaf
27. Wiglaf was a perfect example of a knight because he was:
A. handsome
B. powerful
C. fearless
D. loyal and courageous
28. Beowulfs request that the Mound of Beowulf be built showed that he was:
A. Arrogant and proud
B. Generous and kind
C. Dedicated
29. The treasure:
A. was distributed among the poor
B. was buried with Beowuif’s ashes
C. remained in the fire
D. was divided evenly among Beowulf’s men

3 Responses to Test your Beowulf Skills 2 !!?

  1. Hard enough for whom? I mean anyone who has studied this absurd form of prose would know the answers wouldn’t they.

    personally, I find Beowulf to be the most boring thing in the world next to harry potter and lord of the rings.

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  2. i_know_nothing

    I enjoyed reading Beowulf, but that was MANY years ago, and I don’t recall what would be the answers to your quiz.

    Unfortunately, Jean is too busy insulting and being disrespectful to the spirit of Y!A. tsk tsk!!

    I believe that would be called ‘ranting’. Hmm, is that against the Guidelines?

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