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Beowulf
Answer these questions about the Old English epic poem "Beowulf".
Quiz ID:
#6539
Fun:
(2.31)
Difficulty:
(1.9)
Category:
Literature
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Poetry
Created By:
spookboy0
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#1 Beowulf is the hero of what people?
Vikings
Geats
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
#2 Who is the king of the Danes?
Healfdane
Grendel
Hrunting
Hrothgar
Herot
#3 Grendel and his mother are descendants from which Biblical persona?
Your Answer:
1 word, 4 letters.
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#4 Who challenges Beowulf to fight Grendel?
Unferth
Brecca
Herot
Hrothgar
Healfdane
#5 How does Beowulf defeat Grendel?
He tears off his arm.
He cremates him alive.
He calls him a "idesaglaecwif".
He stabs him with Hrunting, the magical sword.
He teams up with Aeschere.
#6 Which monster kills Aeschere, the king's closet friend?
Grendel
Grendel's mother
The dragon
Brecca
None of the above
#7 What sword does Beowulf use against Grendel's mother, only to find out that the sword is useless?
Brecca
Unferth
Higlac
Wiglaf
Hrunting
#8 How does Beowulf defeat Grendel's mother?
He cremates her alive.
He offers Wiglaf as a sacrifice.
He beheads her with her own sword.
He stabs her with Grendel's arm.
None of the above
#9 Who helps Beowulf defeat the dragon?
Brecca
Herot
Wiglaf
Hrothgar
Unferth
#10 Beowulf emerges victorious from the battle with the dragon and continues to be the king of his people.
True
False
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