Beowulf
1. Who is the king of the Danes at the beginning of the poem? (Beowulf)
b) Hrothgar
6. How does Beowulf defeat Grendel? (Beowulf)
b) By ripping off his arm
11. What does Beowulf bring back from the lair of Grendel's Mother as proof of his victory? (Beowulf)
a) Grendel's head b) The magical sword's hilt
1. What is the primary setting of the play? (Hamlet)
c) Denmark
6. What is Polonius's role in the court? (Hamlet)
b) The chief counselor
2. What is the name of the mead-hall that Hrothgar builds? (Beowulf)
a) Heorot c) Herot
7. Where does Grendel live? (Beowulf)
c) In a misty moors and fen
12. Who becomes king of the Geats after Hygelac dies? (Beowulf)
c) Beowulf
2. Who is the ghost that the guards see at the beginning of the play? (Hamlet)
b) The late King Hamlet
7. Why does Hamlet pretend to be mad?
b) To distract from his investigation of his father's death and his plans for revenge
3. What monstrous creature terrorizes the Danes for twelve years? (Beowulf)
b) Grendel
8. Who attacks Heorot after Grendel is killed? (Beowulf)
c) Grendel's Mother
13. What provokes the dragon to attack the Geats? (Beowulf)
b) A slave steals a golden cup from its treasure hoard.
3. What does the ghost reveal to Hamlet?
c) That he was murdered by Claudius, who poured poison in his ear
8. What is the name of the play-within-a-play that Hamlet arranges?
a) The Murder of Gonzago b) The Mousetrap
4. Where does Beowulf travel from to help Hrothgar? (Beowulf)
c) Geatland
9. Where does the battle with Grendel's Mother take place? (Beowulf)
b) In a cave at the bottom of a lake
14. How many men accompany Beowulf to fight the dragon? (Beowulf)
a) Thirteen
4. How are King Claudius and Queen Gertrude related to Hamlet?
a) Claudius is his uncle, and Gertrude is his mother.
9. What is Hamlet's famous soliloquy that begins with "To be, or not to be" about?
c) The morality and suffering of life and the fear of the unknown after death
5. Who is Beowulf's king? (Beowulf)
b) Hygelac
10. What weapon does Beowulf use to kill Grendel's Mother? (Beowulf)
c) A giant's magical sword
15. Who is the only warrior who stays to help Beowulf fight the dragon? (Beowulf)
c) Wiglaf
5. Who is Ophelia? (Hamlet)
c) Polonius's daughter and Hamlet's love interest
10. Who says, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be"? (Hamlet)
c) Polonius