TNTRB ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ENGLISH - UNIT I MCQS

OLD ENGLISH PERIOD (450–1066)

Each question includes the correct answer.

MCQs 1–25

The Old English Period ends in the year:
A) 1066
B) 1000
C) 1200
D) 1453
Answer: A
The earliest known poem in English is:
A) The Wanderer
B) Beowulf
C) Caedmon’s Hymn
D) The Seafarer
Answer: C
Beowulf fights the dragon in his:
A) Youth
B) Early adulthood
C) Middle age
D) Old age
Answer: D
“Wyrd” means:
A) Salvation
B) Fate
C) Enemy
D) Wealth
Answer: B
Which manuscript contains Beowulf?
A) Exeter Book
B) Vercelli Book
C) Junius Manuscript
D) Nowell Codex
Answer: D
Who is the king of the Danes in Beowulf?
A) Hygelac
B) Hrothgar
C) Heardred
D) Heremod
Answer: B
“Whale-road” is an example of:
A) Caesura
B) Alliteration
C) Kenning
D) Litotes
Answer: C
The Wanderer appears in which manuscript?
A) Nowell Codex
B) Exeter Book
C) Vercelli Book
D) Junius Manuscript
Answer: B
Who is the loyal retainer who helps Beowulf kill the dragon?
A) Unferth
B) Ecgtheow
C) Wiglaf
D) Wulfgar
Answer: C
Which poem is known for its combination of pagan warrior imagery with Christian symbolism?
A) The Ruin
B) The Seafarer
C) Dream of the Rood
D) Judith
Answer: C
The Battle of Maldon describes a battle between Anglo-Saxons and:
A) Franks
B) Normans
C) Vikings
D) Celts
Answer: C
Who wrote Ecclesiastical History of the English People?
A) Bede
B) Cynewulf
C) Ælfric
D) Wulfstan
Answer: A
The heroic code is based on loyalty between:
A) Husband and wife
B) Father and son
C) Lord and warrior
D) Monk and bishop
Answer: C
The Seafarer ends with a:
A) Pagan lament
B) Christian sermon
C) Love poem
D) Political warning
Answer: B
Which is the most famous example of Old English epic poetry?
A) Judith
B) Maldon
C) Beowulf
D) Exodus
Answer: C
Caesura is:
A) A pause in the middle of a line
B) A rhyme scheme
C) A metaphor
D) A symbol
Answer: A
Cynewulf signed his poems using:
A) Runes
B) Wax seals
C) Latin initials
D) His full name
Answer: A
The Exeter Book is a collection of:
A) Prose sermons
B) Heroic epics
C) Riddles & elegies
D) Laws
Answer: C
The opening word of Beowulf is:
A) Wyrd
B) Hwæt
C) Lo!
D) Heorot
Answer: B
Who is the monster Beowulf fights first?
A) Dragon
B) Grendel's Mother
C) Grendel
D) Serpent
Answer: C
Who is the first named English poet?
A) Cynewulf
B) Bede
C) Caedmon
D) Aldhelm
Answer: C
Judith beheads:
A) Goliath
B) Pharaoh
C) Holofernes
D) Nebuchadnezzar
Answer: C
Which poem reflects ruin and decay of a Roman city?
A) The Ruin
B) The Seafarer
C) The Wanderer
D) Resignation
Answer: A
Which letter in Old English represents the “th” sound?
A) Þ
B) Æ
C) ƿ
D) Ğ
Answer: A
The mead-hall in Beowulf is called:
A) Camelot
B) Ithaca
C) Heorot
D) Valhalla
Answer: C

MCQs 26–50

Who is the king of the Geats in Beowulf’s youth?
A) Hygelac
B) Hrothgar
C) Wiglaf
D) Offa
Answer: A
The term ‘scop’ means:
A) Warrior
B) Poet
C) Priest
D) Scribe
Answer: B
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was begun under:
A) Bede
B) Cnut
C) Alfred
D) Aethelbert
Answer: C
Which poem is spoken by an abandoned wife?
A) The Seafarer
B) The Wife’s Lament
C) The Ruin
D) Judith
Answer: B
Beowulf defeats Grendel by:
A) Magic potion
B) Prayer
C) Wrestling him bare-handed
D) Poison
Answer: C
“Ring-giver” refers to:
A) Hero
B) King
C) Servant
D) Poet
Answer: B
Which poem describes a sea journey both literal and spiritual?
A) The Ruin
B) The Seafarer
C) Maldon
D) Juliana
Answer: B
Cynewulf’s poem about the True Cross is:
A) Genesis
B) Juliana
C) Elene
D) Christ II
Answer: C
Alfred the Great is called:
A) Father of English Prose
B) Father of English Poetry
C) Father of Linguistics
D) Father of Drama
Answer: A
Wulfstan is famous for:
A) Riddles
B) Hagiography
C) Sermons
D) Epics
Answer: C
Which poem is the source of the “ubi sunt” theme?
A) The Wanderer
B) Beowulf
C) Genesis B
D) Judith
Answer: A
The poem 'Exodus' appears in:
A) Nowell Codex
B) Exeter Book
C) Junius Manuscript
D) Vercelli Book
Answer: C
Which of these is NOT a monster in Beowulf?
A) Dragon
B) Grendel
C) Sea serpents
D) Cyclops
Answer: D
“Bone-house” means:
A) Coffin
B) Skeleton
C) Body
D) Skull
Answer: C
Who is Scyld Scefing?
A) Wiglaf's son
B) Founder of the Danish dynasty
C) Beowulf’s father
D) A Viking pirate
Answer: B
The Vercelli Book contains:
A) Beowulf
B) The Wanderer
C) Elene
D) Maldon
Answer: C
Which poem includes the line “The mind must be firmer, the heart the keener”?
A) Seafarer
B) Maldon
C) Judith
D) Rood
Answer: B
The Wife in The Wife’s Lament speaks from:
A) The sea
B) A cave
C) A forest dwelling
D) A battlefield
Answer: C
Bernardine hall in Beowulf is called:
A) Heorot
B) Heriot
C) Heorth
D) Harot
Answer: A
Which is a Christian allegorical poem?
A) The Ruin
B) Beowulf
C) Dream of the Rood
D) Maldon
Answer: C
Which century saw the compilation of the Exeter Book?
A) 7th
B) 8th
C) 9th
D) 10th
Answer: D
Byrhtnoth’s flaw in Maldon is described as:
A) Greed
B) Pride (ofermod)
C) Laziness
D) Fear
Answer: B
Ælfric is known for:
A) Riddles
B) Homilies
C) Heroic poems
D) Biblical translations
Answer: B
Which poem shows a blend of joy of the sea and pain of exile?
A) The Seafarer
B) The Wanderer
C) The Ruin
D) Juliana
Answer: A
The Sutton Hoo discovery is important because it:
A) Proved dragons existed
B) Provided evidence of Anglo-Saxon culture matches Beowulf
C) Revealed Christian manuscripts
D) Predicted the Norman Conquest
Answer: B

MCQs 51–75

The alliterative verse structure consists of:
A) Two stresses per line
B) Four stresses per line
C) Seven stresses per line
D) No stresses
Answer: B
The poet of Beowulf is:
A) Anonymous
B) Alfred
C) Cynewulf
D) Bede
Answer: A
Which of these is a female-voiced poem?
A) Judith
B) Juliana
C) The Wife's Lament
D) Seafarer
Answer: C
Which poem features a talking cross?
A) Seafarer
B) Rood
C) Genesis
D) Ruin
Answer: B
Which element is more Christian than pagan in Beowulf?
A) Burial rites
B) Grendel as Cain’s descendant
C) Fame-seeking
D) Blood vengeance
Answer: B
“Ofermod” in Maldon means:
A) Overthinking
B) Fear
C) Excessive pride
D) Calmness
Answer: C
Which poem is considered an example of female sorrow literature?
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Wife's Lament
D) Beowulf
Answer: C
Who preserved Caedmon’s story?
A) Bede
B) Alfred
C) Cynewulf
D) Wulfstan
Answer: A
The dragon in Beowulf symbolizes:
A) Youth
B) Greed & death
C) Joy
D) Salvation
Answer: B
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is written in:
A) Latin
B) Old English
C) Norse
D) Celtic
Answer: B
“Bone-house” refers to:
A) Boat
B) Body
C) Hall
D) Sword
Answer: B
The main setting of Beowulf’s first part is:
A) Geatland
B) Denmark
C) Sweden
D) Norway
Answer: B
Which manuscript contains ‘Judith’?
A) Nowell Codex
B) Junius Manuscript
C) Exeter Book
D) Cotton Nero
Answer: A
The Seafarer emphasizes:
A) Courtly love
B) Suffering & spiritual calling
C) Wealth
D) Magic
Answer: B
Wergild means:
A) Fate
B) Reward
C) Man-price compensation
D) Death
Answer: C
The main female character in Beowulf is:
A) Melissa
B) Wealhtheow
C) Minerva
D) Griselda
Answer: B
Heorot symbolizes:
A) Despair
B) Chaos
C) Community & joy
D) Exile
Answer: C
Which poem mixes monstrous imagery with Biblical narrative?
A) Seafarer
B) Genesis B
C) Judith
D) Wanderer
Answer: B
A scop is best described as:
A) Historian
B) Warrior
C) Poet
D) Monk
Answer: C
Which poem is set partly in an underwater cave?
A) Rood
B) Seafarer
C) Wife’s Lament
D) Beowulf
Answer: D
All Anglo-Saxon poetry is written in:
A) Rhymed couplets
B) Blank verse
C) Alliterative verse
D) Sonnets
Answer: C
The Anglo-Saxon period is also known as:
A) The Middle English period
B) The Germanic period
C) The Dark Ages (popular term)
D) The Renaissance
Answer: C
Who is the villain in Judith?
A) Ahab
B) Holofernes
C) Herod
D) Nebuchadnezzar
Answer: B
The poem that describes ruins of Roman civilization is:
A) Wanderer
B) Ruin
C) Rood
D) Maldon
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final request is to:
A) Rule for eternity
B) Be buried in a barrow
C) Kill Grendel again
D) Marry a queen
Answer: B

MCQs 76–100

The heroic ideal in Beowulf includes:
A) Romantic love
B) Humility
C) Glory and loyalty
D) Indifference
Answer: C
Which poem focuses on female grief and betrayal?
A) Seafarer
B) Wife’s Lament
C) Rood
D) Maldon
Answer: B
‘Feoh’ in Old English means:
A) Wealth
B) Fate
C) Sorrow
D) Exile
Answer: A
Bede wrote in:
A) Old English
B) Latin
C) Norse
D) Greek
Answer: B
The poetic line “Mind must be the firmer” belongs to:
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Genesis
D) Seafarer
Answer: B
Beowulf’s sword in the dragon fight breaks because:
A) It is too old
B) Dragon’s scales are strong
C) It is bewitched
D) Wiglaf misused it
Answer: B
Who is the founder ancestor of the Danes?
A) Cain
B) Scyld Scefing
C) Alfred
D) Hygelac
Answer: B
Which is NOT an elegy?
A) Wanderer
B) Seafarer
C) Wife’s Lament
D) Maldon
Answer: D
The term ‘thane’ means:
A) Slave
B) Warrior-follower
C) Priest
D) Merchant
Answer: B
Old English poetry uses no:
A) Alliteration
B) Kennings
C) Rhyme
D) Caesura
Answer: C
The Sutton Hoo burial is associated with:
A) Danes
B) East Anglia
C) Mercia
D) Wessex
Answer: B
Beowulf’s swimming contest opponent was:
A) Hrothgar
B) Unferth
C) Breca
D) Wiglaf
Answer: C
Which poem blends suffering with Christian hope?
A) Maldon
B) Seafarer
C) Rood
D) Ruin
Answer: B
Who kills Grendel’s mother?
A) Wiglaf
B) Beowulf
C) Hrothgar
D) Unferth
Answer: B
Which of these is not a manuscript?
A) Vercelli Book
B) Exeter Book
C) Lindisfarne Book
D) Junius Manuscript
Answer: C
Which poem is a Biblical paraphrase?
A) Genesis B
B) Wanderer
C) Wife’s Lament
D) Rood
Answer: A
Wulfstan’s sermons express:
A) Heroism
B) Moral warning
C) Riddles
D) Pagan praise
Answer: B
Who fights alongside Beowulf against the dragon?
A) Unferth
B) Wiglaf
C) Hrothgar
D) Ecglaf
Answer: B
The sea in The Seafarer symbolizes:
A) Eternal joy
B) Spiritual struggle
C) Victory
D) Domestic peace
Answer: B
Which poem includes visionary dream elements?
A) Wanderer
B) Rood
C) Judiciary
D) Maldon
Answer: B
Who is Hygd?
A) Hrothgar’s sister
B) Queen of Geats
C) A monster
D) Hrothgar’s daughter
Answer: B
The Anglo-Saxon society was mostly:
A) Democratic
B) Tribal warrior society
C) Communist
D) Urban
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final battle is against:
A) Grendel
B) Serpents
C) Dragon
D) Hrothgar
Answer: C
Which poet is associated with the use of runic signature?
A) Wulfstan
B) Ælfric
C) Cynewulf
D) Caedmon
Answer: C
The biggest Old English poetry collection is:
A) Nowell Codex
B) Vercelli Book
C) Exeter Book
D) Junius Manuscript
Answer: C

The primary setting of the first half of Beowulf is:
A) Geatland
B) Iceland
C) Denmark
D) Scotland
Answer: C
Which poem ends with a reflection on heavenly life?
A) Beowulf
B) The Seafarer
C) Maldon
D) Exodus
Answer: B
The word ‘thane’ refers to:
A) Slave
B) Warrior retainer
C) Priest
D) Poet
Answer: B
Which of the following is an Old English riddle collection?
A) Exeter Book
B) Vercelli Book
C) Nowell Codex
D) Lindisfarne Gospels
Answer: A
Which battle poem glorifies heroic failure?
A) Beowulf
B) Maldon
C) Judith
D) Genesis
Answer: B
Grendel is described as a descendant of:
A) Odin
B) Cain
C) Loki
D) Satan
Answer: B
The term “mead-hall” refers to:
A) Burial ground
B) Training ground
C) Communal drinking hall
D) Market
Answer: C
Who compiled Pastoral Care and translated it into Old English?
A) Bede
B) Alfred
C) Cynewulf
D) Wulfstan
Answer: B
The theme of exile is central to:
A) Genesis B
B) Maldon
C) Wanderer
D) Judith
Answer: C
Which poem personifies the cross?
A) Rood
B) Seafarer
C) Beast of Battle
D) Exodus
Answer: A
Beowulf’s final wound is caused by:
A) The dragon’s fire
B) Grendel’s bite
C) A sword
D) Poisoned claws
Answer: A
The typical line of Old English poetry contains:
A) Five stresses
B) Four stresses
C) Two stresses
D) No stress pattern
Answer: B
Which Anglo-Saxon king became a famous saint?
A) Alfred
B) Oswald
C) Edwin
D) Offa
Answer: B
Anglo-Saxon religion before Christianity was:
A) Hindu
B) Pagan Germanic
C) Buddhist
D) Jewish
Answer: B
Which poem includes a moral sermon at the end?
A) Seafarer
B) Maldon
C) Judith
D) Ruin
Answer: A
The word “hlaford” (lord) originally meant:
A) Gold-giver
B) Loaf-guardian
C) Protector
D) Fighter
Answer: B
Which poem contains the heroic boast tradition?
A) Wanderer
B) Rood
C) Beowulf
D) Ruin
Answer: C
The ‘ubi sunt’ theme expresses:
A) Joy of life
B) Where are those who were before?
C) Triumph over evil
D) Battle strategy
Answer: B
The word “eorl” means:
A) Slave
B) Noble warrior
C) Priest
D) Poet
Answer: B
Which text blends heroic ethos with Christian martyrdom?
A) Rood
B) Genesis
C) Judith
D) Maldon
Answer: C
Beowulf gives his gold necklace to:
A) Hygelac
B) Wiglaf
C) Hrothgar
D) Heardred
Answer: B
The Old English word for poet is:
A) Gleeman
B) Scop
C) Bard
D) Harper
Answer: B
The primary poetic device in Old English verse:
A) Internal rhyme
B) Alliteration
C) End rhyme
D) Free verse
Answer: B
Which poem deals with a warrior reflecting on ruined cities?
A) Ruin
B) Seafarer
C) Genesis
D) Judith
Answer: A
Who is known as the Father of English History?
A) Alfred
B) Cynewulf
C) Bede
D) Wulfstan
Answer: C

⭐ MCQs 126–150

Who is Beowulf’s king at the time of the Danish adventure?
A) Heardred
B) Hygelac
C) Offa
D) Hrothgar
Answer: B
Which text is a historical-prose record?
A) Judith
B) Maldon
C) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
D) Seafarer
Answer: C
“Gold-friend of men” is a kenning for:
A) Warrior
B) King
C) Thief
D) Prophet
Answer: B
Which poem depicts Christ as a heroic warrior?
A) Ruin
B) Rood
C) Wanderer
D) Maldon
Answer: B
The primary emotion in The Wanderer is:
A) Joy
B) Anger
C) Sorrow
D) Ambition
Answer: C
Who wrote “Sermon of the Wolf”?
A) Alfred
B) Bede
C) Wulfstan
D) Augustine
Answer: C
Which gendered voice is extremely rare in Old English poetry?
A) Male
B) Female
C) Clerical
D) Royal
Answer: B
The term ‘dryhten’ refers to:
A) Warrior
B) King/Lord
C) Dragon
D) Poet
Answer: B
The central symbol in Dream of the Rood is:
A) The Sea
B) The Cross
C) The Dragon
D) The Hall
Answer: B
Beowulf defeats Grendel by:
A) Cutting off his head
B) Burning him
C) Tearing off his arm
D) Stabbing him
Answer: C
The “Beast of Battle” motif includes:
A) Lion, tiger, wolf
B) Raven, eagle, wolf
C) Rat, snake, crow
D) Horse, dog, ox
Answer: B
Who was the king during the Viking Great Army invasion (865)?
A) Harold
B) Alfred
C) Edmund
D) Aethelred
Answer: C
The poem Exodus retells:
A) Noah’s Flood
B) Christ’s birth
C) Israelites crossing the Red Sea
D) Tower of Babel
Answer: C
Anglo-Saxon writing mostly used:
A) Latin alphabet
B) Runes
C) Both
D) Greek alphabet
Answer: C
Who is Grendel’s mother described as?
A) A sea witch
B) She-wolf
C) Monstrous woman/avenger
D) Dragon
Answer: C
The term “peace-weaver” refers to:
A) A king
B) A warrior
C) A married woman who unites tribes
D) A poet
Answer: C
The Sea in The Seafarer symbolizes:
A) Only joy
B) Only sorrow
C) Both suffering and spiritual cleansing
D) Magic
Answer: C
Which poem directly mentions the collapse of Roman civilization?
A) Wanderer
B) Ruin
C) Rood
D) Genesis
Answer: B
Who was the teacher of Alfred the Great?
A) Asser
B) Bede
C) Wulfstan
D) Augustine
Answer: A
The purpose of the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' was:
A) War strategies
B) Genealogies only
C) Year-by-year history
D) Religious commentary
Answer: C
Beowulf’s funeral reflects:
A) Christian burial
B) Pagan cremation rites
C) Norse mythology
D) Egyptian rites
Answer: B
Old English prose reached its height under:
A) Cynewulf
B) Alfred
C) Wulfstan
D) Bede
Answer: B
“Ring-whorled ship” is a kenning for:
A) Dragon
B) Sea serpent
C) Ship
D) Treasure
Answer: C
Which poem is a warrior’s lament?
A) Rood
B) Wanderer
C) Judith
D) Genesis B
Answer: B
The dragon in Beowulf guards:
A) A castle
B) A treasure hoard
C) A ship
D) A sword
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 151–175

The second part of Beowulf takes place in:
A) Denmark
B) Iceland
C) Geatland
D) Scotland
Answer: C
The poetic form of Old English uses:
A) Rhyme
B) Alliteration
C) Blank verse
D) Free verse
Answer: B
Who is the strongest youth in Geatland?
A) Hrothgar
B) Wiglaf
C) Beowulf
D) Unferth
Answer: C
Which poem shows female imprisonment?
A) Wife’s Lament
B) Seafarer
C) Exodus
D) Maldon
Answer: A
The Vercelli Book is named after:
A) A king
B) A city in Italy
C) A bishop
D) A poet
Answer: B
Which is NOT a theme in Old English elegies:
A) Exile
B) Nostalgia
C) Ruin
D) Courtly love
Answer: D
The weapon Unferth gives Beowulf is:
A) Naegling
B) Hrunting
C) Tyrfing
D) Gungnir
Answer: B
The poet of Maldon criticizes:
A) Godric
B) Byrhtnoth
C) Wiglaf
D) Hrothgar
Answer: A
Which poem ends with moral advice?
A) Judith
B) Rood
C) Seafarer
D) Ruin
Answer: C
The Sea in Old English literature often symbolizes:
A) War only
B) Luxury
C) Danger + Spiritual struggle
D) Magic
Answer: C
Beowulf dies because:
A) Wiglaf betrays him
B) The dragon poisons him
C) Grendel returns
D) He refuses help
Answer: B
The Old English word “eorlscype” means:
A) Honor
B) Battle
C) Nobility
D) Loyalty
Answer: C
Which poem contains a first-person female voice?
A) Judith
B) Wife’s Lament
C) Wanderer
D) Rood
Answer: B
“Sky-candle” is a kenning for:
A) Moon
B) Sun
C) Fire
D) Star
Answer: B
The elegiac worldview is shaped by:
A) Wealth
B) Urban life
C) Isolation & impermanence
D) Scientific study
Answer: C
Which book preserves “Dream of the Rood”?
A) Junius
B) Vercelli
C) Exeter
D) Nowell
Answer: B
The phrase “Hall-troops” refers to:
A) Monks
B) Soldiers
C) Warriors in a mead-hall
D) Diplomats
Answer: C
Beowulf’s tower is built:
A) Underwater
B) In Heorot
C) On a cliff near the sea
D) In Denmark
Answer: C
Which poem narrates a beheading by a heroine?
A) Seafarer
B) Judith
C) Genesis
D) Maldon
Answer: B
The Wanderer meditates on:
A) Love
B) Exile and wisdom
C) Trade
D) Battle technique
Answer: B
Old English society valued:
A) Individualism
B) Tribal community
C) Isolation
D) Magic
Answer: B
Who is the last king mentioned in Beowulf?
A) Hrothgar
B) Hygelac
C) Wiglaf
D) Beowulf
Answer: C
Why does Grendel attack Heorot?
A) Hunger
B) Jealousy & noise of joy
C) Revenge
D) Orders from king
Answer: B
The Seafarer leaves land because:
A) He is exiled
B) He loves the sea
C) He seeks spiritual truth
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Which poem uses dream vision technique?
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Judith
D) Wanderer
Answer: A

⭐ MCQs 176–200

The Germanic tribes who settled England included Angles, Saxons, and:
A) Normans
B) Jutes
C) Danes
D) Franks
Answer: B
‘Hwæt!’ at the beginning of Beowulf means:
A) Why
B) Hear me! / Listen!
C) Who
D) How
Answer: B
The dragon is awakened because:
A) Someone steals a cup
B) Beowulf provokes it
C) Wiglaf attacks it
D) Hrothgar summons it
Answer: A
Which poem has heavy Christian reinterpretation of a Biblical event?
A) Genesis B
B) Seafarer
C) Maldon
D) Wanderer
Answer: A
Beowulf becomes king of the Geats after:
A) Hygelac dies
B) Wiglaf leaves
C) Swedes invade
D) He defeats Grendel
Answer: A
“Sky-path” refers to:
A) Heaven
B) Sea
C) Wind
D) Night
Answer: A
The Seafarer’s major metaphor is:
A) Hall as world
B) Sea as spiritual journey
C) Sword as justice
D) Fire as wrath
Answer: B
Old English poetry is primarily:
A) Dramatic
B) Lyric + Heroic
C) Comic
D) Satirical
Answer: B
The dragon symbolizes:
A) Faith
B) Death + Greed
C) Victory
D) Storm
Answer: B
Which text is a mixture of prose and poetry?
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Vercelli Homilies
D) Judith
Answer: C
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle continues until:
A) 1016
B) 1066
C) 1154
D) 1400
Answer: C
Who is the narrator in The Wanderer?
A) A monk
B) A warrior in exile
C) A queen
D) Hrothgar
Answer: B
Beowulf uses which sword in the dragon fight?
A) Hrunting
B) Naegling
C) Gram
D) Excalibur
Answer: B
The Old English word “mod” usually means:
A) Body
B) Mind/Spirit
C) Gold
D) Death
Answer: B
Who offers Beowulf hospitality and counsel?
A) Hygd
B) Modthryth
C) Wealhtheow
D) Hildeburh
Answer: C
The poem Judith portrays:
A) Cowardice
B) Lust & downfall
C) Heroic female virtue
D) Pagan rituals
Answer: C
The phrase “earth-hall” refers to:
A) Heaven
B) Grave
C) Mead-hall
D) Battlefield
Answer: B
Old English literature uses:
A) Mainly prose
B) Mainly poetry
C) Both equally
D) Only translations
Answer: B
Grendel cannot approach the throne because:
A) It is guarded
B) It is sacred to God
C) It is locked
D) He fears Beowulf
Answer: B
Which poem is in dialogue form?
A) Seafarer
B) Wanderer
C) Riddle poems
D) Rood
Answer: C
Beowulf is originally from:
A) Sweden
B) France
C) Geatland
D) Denmark
Answer: C
The Seafarer’s narrator expresses longing for:
A) Wealth
B) Feast halls
C) The sea
D) Peace
Answer: C
The source of Beowulf’s strength is:
A) Magic
B) God + heroic lineage
C) Treasure
D) Training
Answer: B
The Anglo-Saxon warrior valued:
A) Silence
B) Boasting (flyting)
C) Magic
D) Celibacy
Answer: B
The central conflict in Maldon is between:
A) Geats and Swedes
B) Danes and English
C) English and Vikings
D) English and Franks
Answer: C

The tone of Old English elegies is mostly:
A) Joyful
B) Humorous
C) Melancholic
D) Romantic
Answer: C
Which poem portrays a warrior longing for his lost lord and companions?
A) Seafarer
B) Wanderer
C) Ruin
D) Genesis B
Answer: B
The structure of Old English verse relies heavily on:
A) Meter and rhyme
B) Alliteration and caesura
C) Refrains
D) Sonnet form
Answer: B
Grendel’s Mother resides in:
A) A mountain
B) A forest
C) An underwater cave
D) A fortress
Answer: C
Which value is central to The Battle of Maldon?
A) Individualism
B) Community pride
C) Cowardice
D) Revenge only
Answer: B
The heroic boast in Beowulf is known as:
A) Dirge
B) Flyting
C) Canto
D) Litotes
Answer: B
Which two languages influenced Old English most?
A) Greek & Hindi
B) Latin & Norse
C) French & Arabic
D) Celtic & Chinese
Answer: B
Who is the first victim of Grendel in the mead-hall?
A) Unferth
B) Hrothgar
C) Hygelac
D) A sleeping warrior
Answer: D
Which poem gives a description of a city destroyed by time?
A) Rood
B) Ruin
C) Judith
D) Maldon
Answer: B
Beowulf travels to Denmark to:
A) Conquer lands
B) Help Hrothgar
C) Meet his father
D) Steal gold
Answer: B
Which is a Christian allegorical poem in the Old English period?
A) Seafarer
B) Rood
C) Maldon
D) Ruin
Answer: B
The 'Exeter Book' contains:
A) Chronicles
B) Epics
C) Riddles
D) Legal codes
Answer: C
The dragon is angered because:
A) People burn his cave
B) He loses a battle
C) A cup is stolen
D) Beowulf challenges him
Answer: C
Which manuscript preserves Beowulf?
A) Vercelli Book
B) Junius Manuscript
C) Nowell Codex
D) Exeter Book
Answer: C
The metaphor “swan-road” refers to:
A) Heaven
B) Sea
C) Ship
D) River
Answer: B
Old English culture valued storytelling because:
A) It replaced books
B) It preserved tribal memory
C) It entertained children
D) It spread gossip
Answer: B
Who is the Danish queen in Beowulf?
A) Hygd
B) Wealhtheow
C) Judith
D) Hildeburh
Answer: B
The Wanderer ends with hope in:
A) Revenge
B) Wealth
C) God
D) Magic
Answer: C
Which Old English poem involves a beheading?
A) Seafarer
B) Judith
C) Wanderer
D) Rood
Answer: B
Which Anglo-Saxon king promoted education and literacy?
A) Edward
B) Alfred
C) Canute
D) Harold
Answer: B
The warriors at Maldon choose to:
A) Retreat
B) Negotiate
C) Fight bravely
D) Hide
Answer: C
What does “battle-sweat” mean?
A) Sweat
B) Blood
C) Armor
D) Fire
Answer: B
Grendel’s attacks last for how many years?
A) 2
B) 5
C) 12
D) 20
Answer: C
The Seafarer describes land-life as:
A) Warm and safe
B) Evil
C) Chaotic
D) Miserable
Answer: A
The dragon’s treasure is ultimately:
A) Cursed
B) Given to Wiglaf
C) Distributed among warriors
D) Buried with Beowulf
Answer: D

⭐ MCQs 226–250

Old English poetry often avoids:
A) Metaphor
B) Rhyme
C) Alliteration
D) Repetition
Answer: B
“Earth-hall” is a kenning for:
A) Battlefield
B) Mead-hall
C) Grave
D) Heaven
Answer: C
What is a ‘thane’?
A) Poet
B) Noble warrior
C) Monk
D) Farmer
Answer: B
In Beowulf, Hrothgar warns Beowulf against:
A) Pride
B) Cowardice
C) Greed
D) Mercy
Answer: A
Which manuscript contains biblical paraphrase poems?
A) Exeter Book
B) Junius Manuscript
C) Vercelli Book
D) Cotton Nero
Answer: B
The poem Maldon is about the Anglo-Saxons vs:
A) Normans
B) Vikings
C) French
D) Romans
Answer: B
Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother using:
A) Hrunting
B) A giant’s sword
C) His bare hands
D) A spear
Answer: B
Which poem focuses on separation from husband and exile?
A) Judith
B) Wanderer
C) Wife’s Lament
D) Seafarer
Answer: C
Which poetic device emphasizes understatement?
A) Kenning
B) Litotes
C) Caesura
D) Metonymy
Answer: B
The heroic culture in Old English society is based on:
A) Wisdom only
B) Loyalty & bravery
C) Magic arts
D) Travel
Answer: B
Beowulf belongs to the tribe of the:
A) Swedes
B) Geats
C) Danes
D) Norse
Answer: B
The cross in Dream of the Rood appears:
A) Weak
B) Helpless
C) Loyal and heroic
D) Evil
Answer: C
Heorot means:
A) Deer hall
B) Gold hall
C) Heaven hall
D) King’s hall
Answer: A
Which poem is located in the Vercelli Book?
A) Seafarer
B) Ruin
C) Judith
D) Dream of the Rood
Answer: D
A scop’s role was to:
A) Fight battles
B) Compose poetry
C) Copy manuscripts
D) Prepare feasts
Answer: B
The Ruin describes remnants of:
A) A Roman city
B) Heorot
C) Camelot
D) A Viking camp
Answer: A
Which poem shows the split between earthly suffering and heavenly hope?
A) Wanderer
B) Seafarer
C) Rood
D) Maldon
Answer: B
The main reason Beowulf travels to help Hrothgar is:
A) Payment
B) Fame
C) Ancestral loyalty
D) Revenge
Answer: C
Old English heroic poetry values:
A) Cowardice
B) Boasting
C) Laziness
D) Greed
Answer: B
The Anglo-Saxons spoke:
A) French
B) Old English
C) Latin
D) Gothic
Answer: B
Judith is celebrated as a symbol of:
A) Fear
B) Betrayal
C) Holy courage
D) Revenge
Answer: C
Beowulf’s last words express concern for:
A) His tomb
B) Wiglaf
C) His people
D) Treasure
Answer: C
“Light of battle” (battle-light) refers to:
A) Torch
B) Sword
C) Shield
D) Sun
Answer: B
The Seafarer is torn between:
A) Land and sea
B) Love and hate
C) Faith and doubt
D) God and Satan
Answer: A
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is written in:
A) Latin
B) French
C) Old English
D) Celtic
Answer: C

⭐ MCQs 251–275

Which theme dominates The Wanderer?
A) Wealth
B) Exile
C) Humor
D) Romance
Answer: B
Beowulf’s homeland is present-day:
A) Norway
B) Sweden
C) Denmark
D) France
Answer: B
Which poem includes a heroic feast scene?
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Beowulf
D) Genesis B
Answer: C
The Anglo-Saxon word “wyrm” means:
A) Wolf
B) Dragon
C) Raven
D) Sea-monster
Answer: B
A “peace-weaver” is usually a:
A) Warrior
B) Poet
C) Married noblewoman
D) Monk
Answer: C
Which poem portrays a brave Christian woman slaying an enemy general?
A) Wanderer
B) Judith
C) Seafarer
D) Ruin
Answer: B
The strongest representation of heroic fatalism is in:
A) Beowulf
B) Seafarer
C) Ruin
D) Wife’s Lament
Answer: A
Which text describes early English kings and events?
A) Bede’s History
B) Vercelli Poems
C) Genesis B
D) Riddles
Answer: A
Old English literature is mainly preserved in __________ manuscripts.
A) Stone
B) Illuminated
C) Handwritten
D) Printed
Answer: C
The Wanderer loses:
A) His wife
B) His lord & companions
C) His treasure
D) His kingdom
Answer: B
Beowulf’s sword Naegling breaks because:
A) It is old
B) Dragon has impenetrable scales
C) Wiglaf drops it
D) It is cursed
Answer: B
The tone of Dream of the Rood is:
A) Mocking
B) Heroic and devotional
C) Comical
D) Romantic
Answer: B
The Seafarer describes the sea as:
A) Pleasant
B) Adventure only
C) Miserable but spiritual
D) Magical
Answer: C
Hrothgar rewards Beowulf with:
A) Gold
B) Horses
C) Weapons
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Old English word “hlaf” means:
A) War
B) Lord
C) Loaf
D) Wolf
Answer: C
Who is Hrothgar’s wife?
A) Hygd
B) Wealhtheow
C) Modthryth
D) Hildeburh
Answer: B
The structure of Beowulf is:
A) Three battles
B) Two parts
C) Interlaced episodes
D) All of the above
Answer: D
The poem Ruin shows admiration for:
A) Warriors
B) Christianity
C) Roman architecture
D) Monsters
Answer: C
Beowulf is protected from Grendel because:
A) Grendel fears swords
B) Beowulf is magical
C) Grendel cannot be harmed by blades
D) Beowulf’s armor is enchanted
Answer: C
The voice in Wife’s Lament expresses:
A) Triumph
B) Grief and isolation
C) Anger at battle
D) Religious devotion
Answer: B
Who becomes king after Hygelac’s death?
A) Beowulf
B) Heardred
C) Wiglaf
D) Hrothgar
Answer: B
The line “Fate goes ever as it must” occurs in:
A) Seafarer
B) Judith
C) Beowulf
D) Ruin
Answer: C
The third and final enemy Beowulf faces is:
A) Grendel’s Mother
B) Dragon
C) Sea-monsters
D) Hrunting
Answer: B
The main message of Seafarer: worldly things are:
A) Eternal
B) Meaningless compared to heaven
C) More important than God
D) Fun and joyful
Answer: B
Which describes Old English society?
A) Merchant-based
B) Warrior-based
C) Industrial
D) Democratic
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 276–300

Which poem depicts loyalty in the face of certain defeat?
A) Judith
B) Maldon
C) Seafarer
D) Genesis
Answer: B
The figure of Cain appears in Beowulf as:
A) A hero
B) Grendel’s ancestor
C) King
D) Warrior
Answer: B
Old English poetry originated mainly from:
A) Clergy
B) Oral tradition
C) Vikings
D) Romans
Answer: B
Which woman is portrayed as a peace-weaver?
A) Wealhtheow
B) Judith
C) Hygd
D) Grendel’s mother
Answer: A
Hygelac is king of the:
A) Danes
B) Norse
C) Franks
D) Geats
Answer: D
Which poem belongs to the Exeter Book?
A) Judith
B) Wanderer
C) Rood
D) Genesis
Answer: B
Beowulf’s last opponent represents:
A) Courage
B) Youth
C) Death & doom
D) Salvation
Answer: C
The Anglo-Saxon word “burh” means:
A) Dragon
B) Fortress / town
C) Gold
D) Shield
Answer: B
Wulfstan wrote during:
A) Viking invasions
B) Roman era
C) Tudor period
D) Renaissance
Answer: A
The Seafarer begins with:
A) A boast
B) Confession of hardship
C) Praise of king
D) Angelic vision
Answer: B
Which element is borrowed from Norse culture?
A) Kennings
B) Alliteration
C) Sea-voyage themes
D) All of the above
Answer: D
The term “eoten” means:
A) Giant/monster
B) Warrior
C) King
D) Cross
Answer: A
Beowulf’s body is burned on:
A) A battlefield
B) A pyre
C) A mountain
D) A ship
Answer: B
Leather-bound manuscripts were primarily stored in:
A) Castles
B) Monasteries
C) Battle camps
D) Ships
Answer: B
Which poem ends in total destruction of its hero tribe?
A) Judith
B) Maldon
C) Beowulf
D) Ruin
Answer: C
Old English belongs to the __________ family.
A) Romance
B) Germanic
C) Slavic
D) Celtic
Answer: B
The Wife in Wife's Lament lives in:
A) Overgrown forest
B) Mead-hall
C) Ship
D) Tower
Answer: A
The narrator in Wanderer seeks:
A) Magic
B) Wisdom
C) War
D) Wealth
Answer: B
Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother in:
A) Hall
B) Mountain
C) Underwater cave
D) Forest
Answer: C
The mood of Ruin is heavily:
A) Nostalgic
B) Triumphant
C) Humorous
D) Romantic
Answer: A
Who steals the dragon’s cup?
A) Wiglaf
B) A thief
C) A king
D) A warrior
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s ultimate hope is:
A) Wealth
B) Fame
C) Heaven
D) Marriage
Answer: C
Beowulf helps which king in his youth?
A) Hygelac
B) Hrothgar
C) Heremod
D) Edward
Answer: B
The mead-hall is symbol of:
A) Disorder
B) Community
C) Exile
D) Heaven
Answer: B
The poem Judith ends with:
A) Defeat
B) Mourning
C) Celebration of victory
D) Exile
Answer: C

Which theme is strongest in The Ruin?
A) Heroism
B) Exile
C) Decay of civilization
D) Divine grace
Answer: C
Who is the chief Danish warrior who greets Beowulf?
A) Wulfgar
B) Wiglaf
C) Hrethel
D) Offa
Answer: A
The Old English “mod” often conveys a sense of:
A) Physical strength
B) Wealth
C) Mind and courage
D) Humor
Answer: C
Beowulf’s swimming match with Breca is recounted because:
A) Breca wants revenge
B) Unferth challenges his reputation
C) A king suspects lying
D) Wiglaf asks for the story
Answer: B
Which poem is a powerful example of a dream vision?
A) Seafarer
B) Ruin
C) Rood
D) Maldon
Answer: C
The dragon’s attack begins with:
A) A siege
B) A battlefield clash
C) Burned houses
D) Flooding
Answer: C
Which poem represents the “Beasts of Battle” motif?
A) Ruin
B) Maldon
C) Genesis
D) Seafarer
Answer: B
Old English elegies are found in which manuscript?
A) Nowell Codex
B) Exeter Book
C) Vercelli Book
D) Lindisfarne Book
Answer: B
Which is a kenning?
A) Fate is fixed
B) Whale-road
C) Ofermod
D) Hwæt
Answer: B
Grendel’s mother is finally defeated when:
A) Beowulf prays
B) Wiglaf intervenes
C) A magical sword decapitates her
D) Hrothgar orders an attack
Answer: C
Which poem is often interpreted as an allegory of the Christian soul?
A) Wanderer
B) Seafarer
C) Judith
D) Ruin
Answer: B
The main treasure Beowulf receives from Hygelac is:
A) A hall
B) A sword
C) Land and rings
D) A ship
Answer: C
The poet of Maldon praises warriors who choose:
A) Escape
B) Loyalty unto death
C) Diplomacy
D) Clever tricks
Answer: B
Which poem ends with the destruction of the hero’s people?
A) Genesis B
B) Beowulf
C) Judith
D) Seafarer
Answer: B
Old English verse divides each line into:
A) Two half-lines
B) Three stanzas
C) Four rhymes
D) Eight beats
Answer: A
The role of a queen in Old English literature includes:
A) Advisor
B) Hostess
C) Peace-weaver
D) All of the above
Answer: D
The word “wyrd” indicates:
A) Magic
B) Fate
C) Traitors
D) Peace
Answer: B
Beowulf hangs Grendel’s arm where?
A) On the hill
B) In his own hall
C) On the roof of Heorot
D) On a tree
Answer: C
Which poem shows human suffering contrasted with heavenly reward?
A) Marbella
B) Seafarer
C) Rood
D) Ruin
Answer: B
Who is the father of Beowulf?
A) Hrothgar
B) Ecgtheow
C) Hygelac
D) Unferth
Answer: B
The dragon symbolizes:
A) Faith
B) Chaos
C) Mortality and doom
D) Fertility
Answer: C
Old English poetry is mainly preserved due to:
A) Kings
B) Monks
C) Merchants
D) Soldiers
Answer: B
Which poem expresses nostalgia for a glorious past?
A) Ruin
B) Maldon
C) Seafarer
D) Genesis B
Answer: A
“Sky-candle” as a kenning refers to:
A) Sun
B) Moon
C) Lightning
D) Cloud
Answer: A
Which poet is associated with the signed runic poems?
A) Wulfstan
B) Bede
C) Cynewulf
D) Ælfric
Answer: C

⭐ MCQs 326–350

The Seafarer describes the sea as:
A) A place of comfort
B) A spiritual testing ground
C) A battlefield
D) An enemy nation
Answer: B
The tone of The Wife’s Lament is mainly:
A) Angry
B) Mysterious
C) Grieving and lonely
D) Triumphant
Answer: C
Beowulf is an example of:
A) Lyric poem
B) Dramatic verse
C) Epic poetry
D) Religious hymn
Answer: C
The heroic code values:
A) Silence
B) Boasting
C) Meditation
D) Greed
Answer: B
‘Hwæt’ at the beginning of Beowulf means:
A) Listen!
B) Why?
C) How?
D) Silence!
Answer: A
Who kills the dragon?
A) Wiglaf alone
B) Beowulf alone
C) Both Beowulf and Wiglaf
D) Hrothgar
Answer: C
The sea-journey motif symbolizes:
A) Anger
B) Physical pain
C) Exile and spiritual longing
D) Wealth
Answer: C
Which poem contrasts earthly life with heavenly glory?
A) Maldon
B) Seafarer
C) Genesis
D) Judith
Answer: B
Hrothgar’s hall represents:
A) Civilized joy
B) Heaven
C) Exile
D) Imperial Rome
Answer: A
Old English writing style often includes:
A) Free verse
B) Alliterative compounds
C) Rhymed stanzas
D) Sonnets
Answer: B
Who counsels Beowulf like a father figure?
A) Wiglaf
B) Hrothgar
C) Hygelac
D) Edgetho
Answer: B
What object leads to Beowulf’s fatal battle?
A) Stolen cup
B) Broken sword
C) Lost ring
D) Shipwreck
Answer: A
Women in Old English literature sometimes act as:
A) Warriors
B) Peace-weavers
C) Poets
D) All of these
Answer: D
The Wanderer laments:
A) Lost wealth
B) Lost faith
C) Lost lord and community
D) Lost childhood
Answer: C
Beowulf’s kingship lasts:
A) 10 years
B) 20 years
C) 50 years
D) 5 years
Answer: C
The dragon’s hoard is ultimately:
A) Given to Wiglaf
B) Buried with Beowulf
C) Taken by Hrothgar
D) Given to monks
Answer: B
The Old English word “sceadu” means:
A) Shadow
B) Shield
C) Ship
D) Raven
Answer: A
“Bone-house” stands for:
A) Grave
B) Body
C) Coffin
D) Hall
Answer: B
The most important virtue for a king was:
A) Greed
B) Generosity
C) Silence
D) Magic
Answer: B
Which is the oldest English poem?
A) Wanderer
B) Rood
C) Caedmon’s Hymn
D) Beowulf
Answer: C
Beowulf receives Hrunting from:
A) Hrothgar
B) Unferth
C) Wiglaf
D) Hygelac
Answer: B
The Seafarer rejects earthly wealth in favor of:
A) Fame
B) Love
C) Heavenly reward
D) Strength
Answer: C
Which text is a national historical record?
A) Beowulf
B) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
C) Maldon
D) Rood
Answer: B
The Anglo-Saxon world valued:
A) Group loyalty
B) Individualism
C) Romantic love
D) Peaceful politics
Answer: A
Beowulf’s death is caused by:
A) Sword blow
B) Fire + poison
C) Flood
D) Betrayal
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 351–375

Which poem features a heroic female protagonist?
A) Rood
B) Judith
C) Wanderer
D) Ruin
Answer: B
The repeated symbol of ice and winter in Old English elegies signifies:
A) Purity
B) Hardship
C) Wealth
D) Joy
Answer: B
Anglo-Saxon genealogy and kinship appear most in:
A) Seafarer
B) Ruin
C) Beowulf
D) Rood
Answer: C
The Old English alphabet includes:
A) Thorn and eth
B) Always “th”
C) Only Roman letters
D) Arabic numerals
Answer: A
The term ‘wergild’ refers to:
A) Blood feud
B) Man-price compensation
C) Funeral ritual
D) Sea journey
Answer: B
Which poem uses contrast between youth and age?
A) Wanderer
B) Maldon
C) Genesis B
D) Judith
Answer: A
The epic structure of Beowulf includes:
A) Heroic deeds
B) Long speeches
C) Digressions
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Who is Hrothgar’s wife?
A) Hygd
B) Wealhtheow
C) Modthryth
D) Hildeburh
Answer: B
The Seafarer says the world is fading because of:
A) Sin
B) Old age
C) War only
D) Poor harvest
Answer: A
Which manuscript includes Judith?
A) Exeter
B) Junius
C) Nowell Codex
D) Vercelli
Answer: C
The “hall-joy” of Heorot is destroyed by:
A) Fire
B) Grendel
C) Beowulf
D) Earthquake
Answer: B
Old English poetry lacks:
A) Rhythm
B) Alliteration
C) End rhyme
D) Stress
Answer: C
Beowulf’s armor protects him except against:
A) Grendel’s strength
B) Fire
C) Arrows
D) Spears
Answer: A
The Ruin describes:
A) A plague
B) A destroyed Roman city
C) A king’s death
D) A shipwreck
Answer: B
Hrothgar rewards Beowulf as a symbol of:
A) Submission
B) Gratitude
C) Political alliance
D) Both B and C
Answer: D
Which poem includes birds watching over corpses?
A) Maldon
B) Wanderer
C) Judith
D) Rood
Answer: A
Beowulf’s reign is characterized by:
A) War constantly
B) Long peace
C) Migration
D) Fear
Answer: B
The main setting of Maldon is:
A) A forest
B) An island causeway
C) A battlefield in Denmark
D) A mead-hall
Answer: B
Grendel is immune to:
A) Swords
B) Fire
C) Spears
D) Water
Answer: A
The Seafarer longs for:
A) Kingship
B) Comfort
C) Heavenly life
D) Battle
Answer: C
Which poem uses both pagan and Christian imagery most strongly?
A) Genesis B
B) Beowulf
C) Rood
D) Maldon
Answer: B
The cross in Rood is described as:
A) Weak
B) Warrior-like
C) Passive
D) Sinful
Answer: B
The burial of Beowulf is marked by:
A) Joy
B) Silence
C) Grief and fear for the future
D) Songs only
Answer: C
Which thematic idea dominates Old English works?
A) Ubi sunt (where are they?)
B) Romantic love
C) Comedy
D) Happiness
Answer: A
The hall Heorot was built by:
A) Scyld
B) Beowulf
C) Hrothgar
D) Ingeld
Answer: C

⭐ MCQs 376–400

The Seafarer portrays earthly glory as:
A) Temporary
B) Eternal
C) Evil
D) Unimportant
Answer: A
Which poem includes a scene of united female leadership?
A) Judith
B) Ruin
C) Seafarer
D) Maldon
Answer: A
Beowulf’s narrative voice often uses:
A) First person
B) Omniscient narrator
C) Dialogue only
D) No narrator
Answer: B
Which text praises early English evangelization?
A) Seafarer
B) Bede’s History
C) Maldon
D) Rood
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s ultimate lesson is:
A) Loyalty is foolish
B) Seek faith in God
C) Loving a woman is danger
D) Wealth is everything
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final words are addressed to:
A) God
B) Hrothgar
C) Wiglaf
D) Grendel
Answer: C
Which poem mixes heroic culture with Christian martyrdom?
A) Rood
B) Genesis
C) Judith
D) Maldon
Answer: C
The poet of Beowulf belonged to:
A) The 12th century
B) An unknown Anglo-Saxon period
C) Norman monks
D) Tudor period
Answer: B
Which manuscript is the largest collection of Old English poetry?
A) Junius
B) Vercelli
C) Exeter
D) Nowell
Answer: C
Beowulf finds Grendel’s body in:
A) Heorot
B) The forest
C) Underwater lake
D) Hall of the dragons
Answer: C
Old English alliterative verse divides lines into:
A) Syllables
B) Half-lines
C) Rhymed pairs
D) Chapters
Answer: B
The Seafarer describes land-life as:
A) Fleeting
B) Miserable
C) Evil
D) Greedy
Answer: A
Beowulf’s byrnie (armor) protects him until:
A) Fire melts it
B) A sword strikes it
C) He removes it
D) Sea monsters attack
Answer: A
Which poem includes direct Christian teaching?
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Ruin
D) Wanderer
Answer: A
Wulfstan’s sermons warned against:
A) Outsiders
B) Sin and moral decay
C) Poetry
D) Warriors
Answer: B
The Ruin laments the fall of:
A) Troy
B) Rome
C) A Roman-British city
D) Beowulf’s hall
Answer: C
A “sea-farer” represents:
A) Comfort
B) Spiritual hunger
C) Evil
D) Wealth
Answer: B
The cross in Rood speaks as:
A) Angry
B) Proud
C) Loyal warrior
D) Victim
Answer: C
Beowulf’s fatal flaw may be:
A) Cowardice
B) Excessive pride
C) Deception
D) Greed
Answer: B
The heroic value that warriors must reward their lord with is:
A) Betrayal
B) Death
C) Loyalty
D) Freedom
Answer: C
The Seafarer expresses longing for:
A) Adventure only
B) God and spiritual life
C) Wealth
D) War
Answer: B
The Wanderer sees the world as:
A) Firm
B) Joyful
C) Hostile and fleeting
D) Perfect
Answer: C
Beowulf becomes king after the death of:
A) Wiglaf
B) Hygelac
C) Hrothgar
D) Cain
Answer: B
The Old English period ends with:
A) Alfred’s death
B) Norman Conquest
C) Viking Burial
D) Bede’s death
Answer: B
Which poem includes the destruction of the hero’s own nation?
A) Genesis
B) Ruin
C) Beowulf
D) Rood
Answer: C

The heroic ideal in Anglo-Saxon culture demands:
A) Silence
B) Death before dishonor
C) Wealth above loyalty
D) Magic above courage
Answer: B
What type of poem is The Seafarer?
A) Epic
B) Elegy
C) Allegory
D) Romance
Answer: B
In Beowulf, Grendel cannot be harmed by swords because:
A) His skin is fireproof
B) He uses magic
C) He is protected by a spell
D) His mother shields him
Answer: C
Which poem speaks of “winter sorrow” and “ice-cold seas”?
A) Judith
B) Seafarer
C) Genesis
D) Rood
Answer: B
The Old English word for “king” is:
A) Bretwalda
B) Gleoman
C) Cyning
D) Eorl
Answer: C
Beowulf gives Hygd a priceless:
A) Horse
B) Necklace
C) Sword
D) Book
Answer: B
The poet of Beowulf uses digressions to:
A) Add humor
B) Provide historical context
C) Distract reader
D) Replace main narrative
Answer: B
Which poem expresses the impermanence of earthly structures?
A) Ruin
B) Seafarer
C) Maldon
D) Rood
Answer: A
Who hosts Beowulf in Denmark?
A) Hygelac
B) Wealhtheow
C) Hrothgar
D) Hildeburh
Answer: C
The Seafarer describes mankind as:
A) Eternal
B) Lost in sin
C) Happy
D) Triumphant over nature
Answer: B
Which poetic device is most prominent in Judith?
A) Irony
B) Heroic diction
C) Sarcasm
D) Love imagery
Answer: B
Beowulf seizes Grendel’s arm because:
A) Grendel is trapped
B) He wants to show mercy
C) Swords don’t work
D) Wiglaf helps him
Answer: C
The term “thane” indicates:
A) King
B) Warrior-retainer
C) Priest
D) Poet
Answer: B
Which poem is spoken in first-person feminine voice?
A) Judith
B) Wife’s Lament
C) Seafarer
D) Rood
Answer: B
The end of the Old English period is marked by:
A) Decline of monasteries
B) Norman Conquest
C) Alfred’s death
D) Conversion to Christianity
Answer: B
Which work mixes Germanic heroic ethos with Christian morality?
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Beowulf
D) Wife’s Lament
Answer: C
Beowulf’s body is burned as part of:
A) Christian tradition
B) Pagan funeral rites
C) Viking tradition only
D) Roman custom
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s suffering is due to:
A) Shipwreck
B) Exile from lord
C) Lost wife
D) Lack of food
Answer: B
The dragon represents:
A) Greed, death, fate
B) Love, passion, loyalty
C) Innocence
D) Hope
Answer: A
Which poem contains a beheading followed by a military rally?
A) Seafarer
B) Judith
C) Rood
D) Wanderer
Answer: B
Old English scribes primarily worked in:
A) Universities
B) Castles
C) Monasteries
D) Marketplaces
Answer: C
The Seafarer uses the sea as a metaphor for:
A) Love
B) Youth
C) Spiritual struggle
D) Wealth
Answer: C
Which poem mourns the loss of tribal community?
A) Genesis
B) Wanderer
C) Judith
D) Maldon
Answer: B
Which manuscript contains riddles, elegies, and wisdom poems?
A) Vercelli Book
B) Nowell Codex
C) Exeter Book
D) Junius Manuscript
Answer: C
Who gives Beowulf the sword Hrunting?
A) Unferth
B) Wiglaf
C) Hygelac
D) Hrothgar
Answer: A

⭐ MCQs 426–450

Which poem is known for Christian reinterpretation of a Biblical event?
A) Ruin
B) Judith
C) Genesis B
D) Wanderer
Answer: C
Grendel’s mother shows which trait most?
A) Lust
B) Revenge
C) Fear
D) Honor
Answer: B
The heroic ideal in Beowulf includes:
A) Boasting, loyalty, courage
B) Silence and humility only
C) Magic and trickery
D) Romance and love
Answer: A
Which poem focuses on the decay of material glory?
A) Ruin
B) Maldon
C) Judith
D) Rood
Answer: A
Beowulf’s throne is inherited by:
A) Heardred
B) Hrothgar
C) Wiglaf
D) Onela
Answer: C
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is written in:
A) Latin
B) Old English
C) Middle English
D) Norse
Answer: B
Which work blends heroic epic with Christian spiritual vision?
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Seafarer
D) Ruin
Answer: A
The Seafarer speaks of “the joys of God” as:
A) Momentary
B) Eternal
C) Dangerous
D) Material
Answer: B
Beowulf’s main virtue as king is:
A) Generosity
B) Cunning
C) Wealth
D) Deception
Answer: A
Which poem reflects the heroic culture of vengeance?
A) Rood
B) Judith
C) Wanderer
D) Wife’s Lament
Answer: B
The speech of the Cross in Rood expresses:
A) Shame
B) Heroic loyalty
C) Weakness
D) Joy
Answer: B
The Wanderer compares the world to:
A) A battlefield
B) A fading dream
C) A friendly hall
D) A ship
Answer: B
Beowulf’s major poetic technique is:
A) Rhyme
B) Free verse
C) Alliteration
D) Refrain
Answer: C
The dragon’s fire symbolizes:
A) Regeneration
B) Divine wrath
C) Destruction and mortality
D) Wealth
Answer: C
Who succeeds Beowulf as king?
A) Hygd
B) Wiglaf
C) Herdred
D) Hrothgar
Answer: B
Beowulf tests his strength by:
A) Fighting berserkers
B) Swimming contests
C) Slaying giants
D) Hunting wolves
Answer: B
Which poem uses the “ubi sunt” lament?
A) Judith
B) Wanderer
C) Genesis
D) Rood
Answer: B
The Seafarer criticizes the wealthy for:
A) Gluttony
B) Laziness
C) Earthly attachment
D) Scholastic failure
Answer: C
The main antagonist in Beowulf’s second battle is:
A) Sea monster
B) Grendel’s mother
C) Hrothgar
D) The dragon
Answer: B
Which poem is part of heroic military tradition?
A) Maldon
B) Wife’s Lament
C) Rood
D) Ruin
Answer: A
Monks preserved literature by:
A) Copying manuscripts
B) Singing them aloud
C) Printing
D) Storing in libraries
Answer: A
The symbol of the sea in Old English is:
A) Motherhood
B) Exile & spiritual testing
C) Wealth
D) Political power
Answer: B
Grendel is angered by the:
A) Feast hall’s joy
B) Priests
C) Warriors’ weapons
D) Ships
Answer: A
Which poem is the only surviving Old English dream vision?
A) Seafarer
B) Rood
C) Maldon
D) Genesis
Answer: B
Old English elegies emphasize:
A) Personal grief and wisdom
B) Humor
C) Romance
D) Political victory
Answer: A

⭐ MCQs 451–475

Beowulf’s courage is tested most by:
A) Grendel
B) Sea serpents
C) Dragon
D) Hrothgar’s counsel
Answer: C
Which poem portrays physical and emotional exile?
A) Wife’s Lament
B) Maldon
C) Judith
D) Genesis
Answer: A
The Wanderer associates true wisdom with:
A) Age
B) Wealth
C) God
D) Fame
Answer: C
The Seafarer desires the sea despite:
A) Fear
B) Danger
C) Physical suffering
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Beowulf’s chief virtue in youth is:
A) Generosity
B) Strength and bravery
C) Wisdom
D) Cunning
Answer: B
The riddles of the Exeter Book show:
A) Humor and cleverness
B) Strict religion
C) Military violence
D) Romance
Answer: A
Who betrays Byrhtnoth at Maldon?
A) Godric
B) Wiglaf
C) Aethelstan
D) Wulfgar
Answer: A
The ethos of comitatus is:
A) Marriage loyalty
B) King–warrior bond
C) Slave obedience
D) Church control
Answer: B
Beowulf becomes king after:
A) Hrothgar dies
B) Heardred dies
C) Dragon attacks
D) Onela surrenders
Answer: B
Which poem describes the collapse of man-made works?
A) Genesis
B) Ruin
C) Judith
D) Seafarer
Answer: B
Grendel’s mother fights Beowulf in:
A) Hall
B) Cave under lake
C) Forest
D) Mountain castle
Answer: B
Wulfstan’s sermons condemn:
A) Pagan gods
B) Society’s moral decay
C) Vikings only
D) Poets
Answer: B
The Wanderer echoes Stoic themes of:
A) Courage
B) Control of emotions
C) Revenge
D) Obedience
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s tone shifts from:
A) Sorrow to spiritual hope
B) Humor to anger
C) Romance to betrayal
D) Joy to despair
Answer: A
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is important because it:
A) Records myths only
B) Gives year-by-year history
C) Is the first epic
D) Is a dictionary
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final act of leadership is:
A) Fleeing battle
B) Saving his people
C) Rejecting the throne
D) Destroying Heorot
Answer: B
“Heaven’s candle” is a kenning for:
A) Moon
B) Sun
C) Star
D) Fire
Answer: B
Which poem is an allegory of Christian salvation?
A) Judith
B) Ruin
C) Rood
D) Wanderer
Answer: C
Beowulf’s hall in Geatland is called:
A) Heort
B) Heorot
C) Hreosnabeorh
D) Hrones-naes
Answer: C
The heroic mood of Maldon ends with:
A) Exile
B) Defeat
C) Victory
D) Betrayal
Answer: B
Wiglaf remains with Beowulf out of:
A) Fear
B) Revenge
C) Loyalty
D) Ambition
Answer: C
The Seafarer loves the sea because:
A) He is cursed
B) It calls him spiritually
C) It is peaceful
D) It is safe
Answer: B
The Wanderer begins with:
A) Boast
B) A lament
C) A battle scene
D) A sermon
Answer: B
Beowulf’s famous swimming match was against:
A) Hrothgar
B) Breca
C) Wiglaf
D) Grendel
Answer: B
A major theme of Old English literature is:
A) Romantic love
B) Transience of life
C) Scientific discovery
D) Politics
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 476–500

The Seafarer’s suffering includes:
A) Frost wounds
B) Hunger
C) Loneliness
D) All of these
Answer: D
The dragon’s treasure ultimately represents:
A) Eternal wealth
B) Sinful greed
C) National pride
D) Victory
Answer: B
In Beowulf, Wealhtheow is a symbol of:
A) Evil
B) Peace-weaving
C) Magic
D) Betrayal
Answer: B
The Exeter Book was compiled in the:
A) 8th century
B) 10th century
C) 12th century
D) 13th century
Answer: B
Old English poetry is composed in:
A) Stanzas
B) Half-line pairs
C) Rhyme schemes
D) None of these
Answer: B
Beowulf defeats Grendel’s mother using:
A) Naegling
B) Hrunting
C) A giant forged sword
D) A spear
Answer: C
The Wanderer ends with advice to:
A) Seek treasure
B) Trust God
C) Travel more
D) Fight more battles
Answer: B
The Rood tree feels:
A) Proud
B) Loyal but sorrowful
C) Angry
D) Weak
Answer: B
Maldon portrays Byrhtnoth as:
A) Coward
B) Prideful yet brave
C) Treacherous
D) Foolish pacifist
Answer: B
Old English heroic poems portray fate as:
A) Punishment
B) Inescapable
C) Joyful
D) Irrelevant
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final wish is for his:
A) Son to rule
B) People’s safety
C) Treasure alone
D) Wife’s return
Answer: B
Which poem is a blend of lament and wisdom?
A) Judith
B) Wanderer
C) Genesis
D) Maldon
Answer: B
The Seafarer links worldly life to:
A) Earthly paradise
B) Worthless suffering
C) A fading shadow
D) Wealth
Answer: C
The Dragon in Beowulf is awakened because:
A) A warrior challenges him
B) His hoard is stolen
C) Beowulf disturbs him
D) A spell
Answer: B
Dream of the Rood is preserved in which manuscript?
A) Junius
B) Exeter
C) Vercelli Book
D) Nowell
Answer: C
The poem Judith is an example of:
A) Courtly romance
B) Secular comedy
C) Religious heroic poetry
D) Beast fable
Answer: C
Beowulf’s death symbolizes the end of:
A) Geatish glory
B) Viking culture
C) Christianity
D) Danes
Answer: A
The Wanderer’s grief is mainly from:
A) Battle failure
B) Exile and loss of kin
C) Illness
D) Poverty
Answer: B
“Shield-wall” refers to:
A) Castle
B) Military formation
C) Dragon cave
D) Mead-hall
Answer: B
Old English literature is strongly influenced by:
A) Greek drama
B) Norse mythology
C) Indian epics
D) French romance
Answer: B
Beowulf defeats Grendel’s mother after:
A) Almost drowning
B) Armor melts
C) He breaks Naegling
D) Wiglaf helps
Answer: A
Maldon’s main moral lesson:
A) Wealth is temporary
B) Cowardice destroys society
C) Women must obey
D) The sea punishes
Answer: B
The Seafarer views earthly pride as:
A) Noble
B) Dangerous
C) Fun
D) God-given
Answer: B
Old English poetry includes frequent references to:
A) Bible
B) Fate
C) Battles
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Beowulf’s legacy is preserved through:
A) Stone carvings
B) Oral tradition turned manuscript
C) Viking sagas
D) His descendants
Answer: B

Which poem most clearly reflects the loneliness of the exile?
A) Judith
B) Wanderer
C) Maldon
D) Genesis
Answer: B
The Seafarer describes his heart as:
A) Merry
B) Heavy with sorrow
C) Silent
D) Confident
Answer: B
Which poem is based on the Book of Judith from the Apocrypha?
A) Beowulf
B) Judith
C) Rood
D) Wanderer
Answer: B
Beowulf’s fight with Grendel is an example of:
A) Supernatural struggle
B) Political intrigue
C) Religious conflict
D) Psychological drama
Answer: A
Which theme dominates The Wife’s Lament?
A) Loyalty
B) Exile and grief
C) Religious vision
D) Battle
Answer: B
The sea in Old English poetry often represents:
A) Home
B) Adventure
C) Exile and hardship
D) Wisdom
Answer: C
Beowulf’s death results from:
A) Age
B) Poison of the dragon
C) Betrayal
D) Illness
Answer: B
The cross in Rood is personified as:
A) Weak
B) Proud and heroic
C) Jealous
D) Silent
Answer: B
Which manuscript contains Beowulf and Judith?
A) Exeter Book
B) Vercelli Book
C) Junius Manuscript
D) Nowell Codex
Answer: D
Grendel is connected to the Biblical story of:
A) Judas
B) Cain
C) Abraham
D) Moses
Answer: B
The major conflict in Maldon is driven by:
A) Politics
B) Revenge
C) Viking attack
D) Magic
Answer: C
Old English heroic poetry emphasizes:
A) Humility
B) Boasting and honor
C) Romance
D) Cooking
Answer: B
The Wanderer speaks of “hall-joys” to emphasize:
A) Religious ecstasy
B) Lost community
C) Wealth
D) Magic
Answer: B
In Beowulf, Hrothgar warns Beowulf against:
A) Greed
B) Pride
C) Laziness
D) Magic
Answer: B
Who is Beowulf’s most loyal warrior?
A) Unferth
B) Wiglaf
C) Hrothgar
D) Hrethric
Answer: B
The Sea-Farer believes that life on earth is:
A) Eternal
B) Temporary
C) Joyful
D) Strategically important
Answer: B
Which poem is a Christian moral allegory?
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Wife’s Lament
D) Genesis B
Answer: A
Old English scribes preserved texts mainly because:
A) They needed entertainment
B) Kings demanded it
C) Monasteries valued learning
D) Vikings forced them
Answer: C
Beowulf rips off Grendel’s arm to:
A) Kill him instantly
B) Display as proof of victory
C) Humiliate him
D) Terrify the Danes
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s final advice is to:
A) Trust fame
B) Seek earthly glory
C) Seek God
D) Seek gold
Answer: C
The Wife’s Lament expresses sorrow caused by:
A) War
B) Political exile
C) Husband’s family separating them
D) Illness
Answer: C
The dragon’s hoard represents:
A) Wealth
B) Cursed treasure
C) Heaven
D) Wisdom
Answer: B
Which poem includes vivid battle scenes with swords and shields?
A) Ruin
B) Seafarer
C) Maldon
D) Wife’s Lament
Answer: C
Old English poetry is mainly transmitted through:
A) Monastic copying
B) Royal libraries
C) The printing press
D) Oral storytellers only
Answer: A
Beowulf’s fight with the dragon occurs:
A) At sea
B) In a tower
C) Near a cliff and barrow
D) In Heorot
Answer: C

⭐ MCQs 526–550

The Seafarer contrasts earthly reward with:
A) Romance
B) Magic
C) Eternal heaven
D) War
Answer: C
The Wanderer begins by describing:
A) Feast
B) Suffering and exile
C) Joy
D) Hunting
Answer: B
Which poem shows the Cross as a warrior-partner of Christ?
A) Maldon
B) Rood
C) Judith
D) Genesis
Answer: B
Beowulf’s heroism is rooted in:
A) Fame-seeking
B) Greed
C) Christian charity
D) Political ambition
Answer: A
The Vikings are central to which secular text?
A) Rood
B) Beowulf
C) Maldon
D) Seafarer
Answer: C
Grendel’s mother is described as:
A) Beautiful
B) Peaceful
C) Monstrous avenger
D) Divine
Answer: C
Which poem reflects both pagan and Christian values?
A) Rood
B) Seafarer
C) Maldon
D) All of these
Answer: D
The dragon melts Beowulf’s shield with:
A) Venom
B) Supernatural strength
C) Fire
D) Ice
Answer: C
The term “thane” is equivalent to:
A) Lord
B) Bishop
C) Warrior noble
D) Poet
Answer: C
The Rood tree is marked with:
A) Golden jewels
B) Blood and wounds
C) Frost
D) Runes
Answer: B
In Old English poetry, the phrase “spear-din” refers to:
A) Feast
B) Storm
C) Battle
D) Music
Answer: C
Beowulf shows moral leadership by:
A) Killing Wiglaf
B) Choosing exile
C) Protecting his people
D) Destroying Denmark
Answer: C
Which poem describes wandering through ruined stone halls?
A) Ruin
B) Wanderer
C) Rood
D) Maldon
Answer: A
Beasts of battle motif includes:
A) Wolf, raven, eagle
B) Lion, tiger, bear
C) Horse, cow, dog
D) Serpent, worm, dragon
Answer: A
The Seafarer’s internal conflict is between:
A) Lovers
B) Sea and land
C) King and warrior
D) God and Satan
Answer: B
Beowulf’s sword Naegling breaks because:
A) It is flawed
B) Beowulf is too strong
C) The dragon is too hard
D) Wiglaf interferes
Answer: C
The Wanderer views the world as:
A) Full of hope
B) Empty of loyalty
C) Filled with joy
D) Too magical
Answer: B
The heroic boast is known as:
A) Wergild
B) Flyting
C) Geoguð
D) Comitatus
Answer: B
Which poem gives a woman’s inner voice in Old English?
A) Wife’s Lament
B) Seafarer
C) Maldon
D) Judith
Answer: A
A “ring-giver” is a:
A) Thief
B) King
C) Sea monster
D) Priest
Answer: B
Which poem ends with the hope of eternal life?
A) Seafarer
B) Ruin
C) Maldon
D) Judith
Answer: A
Beowulf’s fight with Grendel proves his:
A) Loyalty to Hrothgar
B) Love for treasure
C) Fear of death
D) Magic
Answer: A
The cross in Rood suffers:
A) Alone
B) With Christ
C) After Christ
D) Before Christ
Answer: B
Old English poetry frequently contrasts:
A) Love and hate
B) Earthly sorrow and spiritual hope
C) Humor and tragedy
D) Politics and religion
Answer: B
The Seafarer believes true glory belongs to:
A) The king
B) Warriors
C) God
D) The rich
Answer: C

⭐ MCQs 551–575

Which poem expresses a longing for lost comrades?
A) Judith
B) Wanderer
C) Genesis
D) Rood
Answer: B
Which was a common occupation among Anglo-Saxons?
A) Merchant banker
B) Warrior or farmer
C) Scientist
D) University teacher
Answer: B
Beowulf’s claim to fame starts with:
A) Killing the dragon
B) Saving Denmark
C) Boasts about swimming
D) Becoming king
Answer: C
The Cross in Rood is depicted as:
A) Passive
B) Loyal and heroic
C) Weak
D) Sorrowful only
Answer: B
Old English poets often compared the human body to:
A) A bird
B) A bone-house
C) A treasure-box
D) A serpent
Answer: B
The main event in Judith is:
A) Betrayal of a king
B) Seduction by enemy
C) Beheading of Holofernes
D) Wedding feast
Answer: C
Beowulf’s legacy is threatened after his death because:
A) Wiglaf betrays him
B) The Geats are politically weak
C) Danes invade
D) Treasure curse reappears
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s wisdom comes from:
A) Kingship
B) Long exile
C) Love failure
D) Magic
Answer: B
Which poem contains references to sea monsters?
A) Seafarer
B) Beowulf
C) Maldon
D) Rood
Answer: B
The Seafarer sees heaven as:
A) Distant
B) Rewarding
C) Closed
D) Unknown
Answer: B
Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother because:
A) She threatens Hrothgar
B) She seeks revenge
C) She kills Aeschere
D) All of the above
Answer: D
The Ruin focuses on:
A) War
B) Love
C) Lost glory of ancient structures
D) Celebration
Answer: C
Wiglaf reproaches the other warriors because they:
A) Run away
B) Lie
C) Disrespect Beowulf
D) Want treasure
Answer: A
Old English poets often allude to:
A) Asian epics
B) Christian doctrine
C) Egyptian myths
D) Greek philosophy
Answer: B
Beowulf breaks swords because:
A) They are cursed
B) He is incredibly strong
C) They are old
D) Dragons curse them
Answer: B
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was maintained by:
A) Priests
B) Many monasteries
C) Kings only
D) Merchants
Answer: B
The Wanderer describes warriors as:
A) Foolish
B) Honorable
C) Weak
D) Saints
Answer: B
The Seafarer criticizes wealthy men who:
A) Eat too much
B) Fear God
C) Cling to earthly pleasures
D) Avoid war
Answer: C
Christian influence in Beowulf appears in:
A) Grendel’s punishment
B) Hrothgar’s sermons
C) References to God
D) All of the above
Answer: D
The cross in Rood is covered with:
A) Ravens
B) Blood & jewels
C) Gold alone
D) Iron
Answer: B
Beowulf’s funeral mound overlooks:
A) A city
B) The sea
C) Forest
D) River
Answer: B
Old English elegy is characterized by:
A) Comic humor
B) Mourning and wisdom
C) Political rivalry
D) Magic
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s suffering includes:
A) Bitter frost
B) Storms
C) Starvation
D) All of these
Answer: D
The dragon dies because:
A) Wiglaf wounds it
B) Beowulf stabs it
C) Its scales crack
D) Combination of A and B
Answer: D
Women in Old English literature often function as:
A) Soldiers
B) Peace-weavers and hostesses
C) Poets
D) Magicians
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 576–600

Which poem meditates on transience of worldly joys?
A) Judith
B) Wanderer
C) Maldon
D) Genesis
Answer: B
Which poem uses double narrative layers (dream + speech)?
A) Seafarer
B) Rood
C) Ruin
D) Maldon
Answer: B
Beowulf uses which weapon against the dragon?
A) Spear
B) Hrunting
C) Naegling
D) Giant’s sword
Answer: C
The Seafarer believes earthly life is:
A) Unpredictable
B) Miserable without God
C) A gift
D) Meant for luxury
Answer: B
“Gold-friend of men” is a kenning for:
A) Warrior
B) King
C) Poet
D) Beast
Answer: B
The Wanderer speaks of ruins to show:
A) Roman glory
B) Pagan rituals
C) Decline of earthly glory
D) Joy
Answer: C
A common theme in Maldon is:
A) Cowardice
B) Loyalty
C) Betrayal by women
D) Magic
Answer: B
The efficacy of swords is limited in Beowulf because:
A) Monsters have charms
B) Warriors are weak
C) Kings forbid them
D) Christian laws deny them
Answer: A
Old English poetry uses caesura to:
A) Add pauses
B) Create rhyme
C) Add humor
D) Connect stanzas
Answer: A
Which poem features a hero supported by God?
A) Ruin
B) Judith
C) Maldon
D) Wife’s Lament
Answer: B
Beowulf is chosen as king because:
A) He is oldest
B) His bloodline is pure
C) He is strongest & wise
D) Heardred dies
Answer: D
The Seafarer envisions God as:
A) Distant
B) Judge and savior
C) Silent
D) Weak
Answer: B
The Wanderer finds peace only in:
A) Treasure
B) God
C) War
D) Wine
Answer: B
Grendel represents:
A) Jealousy and evil
B) Honor
C) Hospitality
D) Youth
Answer: A
Old English manuscripts were written on:
A) Clay tablets
B) Paper
C) Parchment
D) Wood
Answer: C
Beowulf’s men abandon him because:
A) They are cowards
B) They are injured
C) They are ordered to leave
D) They betray him
Answer: A
Which poem best illustrates the exile of a woman?
A) Judith
B) Wife’s Lament
C) Maldon
D) Seafarer
Answer: B
The Seafarer criticizes youth for:
A) Pride
B) Laziness
C) Sin
D) Lack of fear of God
Answer: D
Old English culture valued:
A) Wealth alone
B) Kinship and loyalty
C) Individual freedom
D) Romantic love
Answer: B
Beowulf’s fame remains because:
A) Wiglaf writes it
B) Poets sing his story
C) Danish records
D) Roman writers
Answer: B
The Ruin portrays human effort as:
A) Decaying
B) Eternal
C) Artistic
D) Religious
Answer: A
The Seafarer’s sea journey is symbolic of:
A) War
B) Pilgrimage
C) Escape
D) Romance
Answer: B
Beowulf’s weakest moment is:
A) Swimming match
B) Fighting Grendel
C) Fighting the dragon alone
D) Speaking with Hrothgar
Answer: C
The main literary form of Old English period is:
A) Drama
B) Poetry
C) Novel
D) Ballad
Answer: B
Maldon ends with:
A) Victory
B) Martyr-like defeat
C) Celebration
D) Peace treaty
Answer: B

The Seafarer repeatedly contrasts earthly riches with:
A) Magic
B) Pagan rituals
C) Heavenly reward
D) Fame of warriors
Answer: C
Which poem focuses on painful separation from husband and homeland?
A) Judith
B) Wife’s Lament
C) Ruin
D) Maldon
Answer: B
What does Beowulf give Wiglaf before dying?
A) His sword
B) His helmet
C) His gold necklace
D) All of the above
Answer: D
The Boast or “flyting” helps a hero:
A) Avoid battle
B) Establish reputation
C) Mock kings
D) Teach religion
Answer: B
Which poem ends with religious admonition?
A) Wanderer
B) Judith
C) Seafarer
D) Maldon
Answer: C
Beowulf’s refusal to use weapons against Grendel symbolizes:
A) Cowardice
B) Equality in combat
C) Overconfidence
D) Christian humility
Answer: B
The theme of fate (wyrd) appears most clearly in:
A) Judith
B) Genesis B
C) Beowulf
D) Rood
Answer: C
Which manuscript contains religious homilies along with poems?
A) Vercelli Book
B) Exeter Book
C) Junius Manuscript
D) Nowell Codex
Answer: A
The Wanderer meditates on ruins of:
A) Viking cities
B) Roman structures
C) Monasteries
D) Castles
Answer: B
Beowulf’s fight with Grendel’s mother takes place in:
A) Forest
B) Desert
C) Underwater hall
D) Mountain fortress
Answer: C
The Seafarer associates the sea with:
A) Peace and rest
B) Hardship and divine calling
C) Abundance
D) Human love
Answer: B
Which poem features a fierce Hebrew heroine?
A) Scripture
B) Judith
C) Elene
D) Rood
Answer: B
The “feast-hall culture” is associated with:
A) Roman monasteries
B) Anglo-Saxon warriors
C) Viking traders
D) Celtic druids
Answer: B
The role of the queen in Beowulf includes:
A) War leadership
B) Advising and peace-weaving
C) Magic
D) Writing poems
Answer: B
Which poem ends with hope despite suffering?
A) Ruin
B) Rood
C) Wanderer
D) Seafarer
Answer: C
Grendel’s main weakness is:
A) Steel
B) Fire
C) Strength of hero
D) His cursed nature
Answer: D
The cross in Rood is covered with:
A) Iron
B) Jewels and blood
C) Silver
D) Wood only
Answer: B
The term “hlaford” (lord) originally meant:
A) Treasure-keeper
B) Battle leader
C) Loaf guardian
D) Slave owner
Answer: C
The Seafarer shows contempt for those who:
A) Pray
B) Stay on land
C) Die in war
D) Sing poetry
Answer: B
Which battle is central in Maldon?
A) Romans vs. Celts
B) Vikings vs. English
C) Danes vs. Geats
D) Welsh vs. Saxons
Answer: B
The moral in the Wanderer is:
A) Fight bravely
B) Trust kings
C) Trust in God
D) Treasure gold
Answer: C
Beowulf kills Grendel without:
A) Shield
B) Sword
C) Armor
D) All of these
Answer: D
Which poem ends with triumph of good over evil?
A) Judith
B) Wanderer
C) Ruin
D) Wife’s Lament
Answer: A
The dragon’s hoard symbolizes the danger of:
A) Magic
B) Wealth-hoarding
C) Love
D) Peace
Answer: B
The Exeter Book is a collection of:
A) Religious laws
B) Poems and riddles
C) Royal genealogies
D) Naval records
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 626–650

Wiglaf represents:
A) Betrayal
B) Ideal comitatus loyalty
C) Greed
D) Fear
Answer: B
Beowulf becomes king because:
A) He kills Hygelac
B) Hygd chooses him
C) Heardred dies
D) The Danes crown him
Answer: C
The Seafarer sees human life as:
A) Joyful
B) Full of luxury
C) Unstable
D) Politically important
Answer: C
Old English poets often describe heaven as:
A) Hall of glory
B) Dungeon
C) Garden
D) Bridge
Answer: A
The speaker in Wife’s Lament lives in:
A) A cave or forest hut
B) Palace
C) Hall
D) Ship
Answer: A
Which poem focuses on female sorrow and betrayal?
A) Judith
B) Wife’s Lament
C) Seafarer
D) Genesis B
Answer: B
Beowulf’s shield fails because:
A) It is old
B) It is wooden
C) Dragon melts it with fire
D) Wiglaf drops it
Answer: C
Which poem ends with dramatic Christian praise?
A) Maldon
B) Ruin
C) Rood
D) Seafarer
Answer: C
Which manuscript contains the most Old English poetry?
A) Vercelli Book
B) Exeter Book
C) Junius MS
D) Cotton Cleopatra
Answer: B
The Seafarer resents:
A) Wealth
B) Comfort
C) Land-loving men
D) Ships
Answer: C
The theme of loyalty is strongest in:
A) Wanderer
B) Beowulf
C) Wife’s Lament
D) Ruin
Answer: B
The dragons in Old English signify:
A) Death
B) Fate
C) Greed
D) All of the above
Answer: D
The Wanderer is haunted by memories of:
A) Women
B) His fallen king and companions
C) Childhood
D) Books
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final burial includes:
A) Christian hymns
B) Pagan cremation
C) Viking ship burial
D) Animal sacrifice
Answer: B
Which poetic feature dominates Old English verse?
A) Simile
B) Alliteration
C) Rhyme
D) Onomatopoeia
Answer: B
Judith slays Holofernes while he is:
A) Praying
B) Drunk
C) Sleeping deeply
D) Eating
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s spiritual conclusion expresses:
A) Fear
B) Worldly despair
C) Heavenly hope
D) Rage
Answer: C
Beowulf fights the dragon because:
A) He wants wealth
B) He is forced
C) He must protect his people
D) Wiglaf orders him
Answer: C
“Sky’s jewel” refers to:
A) Sun
B) Star
C) Moon
D) Cloud
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s suffering teaches that:
A) The world is stable
B) Life is predictable
C) Wisdom comes from hardship
D) Love brings glory
Answer: C
The Rood tree becomes glorious because:
A) It was decorated
B) It carried Christ
C) It was found by kings
D) It was carved by angels
Answer: B
Beowulf’s downfall is partly caused by:
A) Pride
B) Deception
C) Cowardice
D) Magic
Answer: A
Judith is praised as a symbol of:
A) Pagan power
B) Christian victory
C) Royal heritage
D) Romance
Answer: B
The Seafarer describes himself as:
A) Happy
B) Unsure
C) Exile driven by God
D) Royal ambassador
Answer: C
The tone of the Ruin is:
A) Joyful
B) Nostalgic
C) Humorous
D) Angry
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 651–675

Which poem explicitly contrasts sea-travel with earthly comfort?
A) Judith
B) Wife’s Lament
C) Ruin
D) Seafarer
Answer: D
The Wanderer claims that wisdom comes to the:
A) Young
B) Brave
C) Patient and experienced
D) Wealthy
Answer: C
Beowulf’s victories bring him:
A) Immediate kingship
B) Fame and treasure
C) Exile
D) Hatred from Geats
Answer: B
Which poem includes speeches praising God at the end?
A) Rood
B) Maldon
C) Judith
D) Wanderer
Answer: A
The dragon begins destroying villages because:
A) He is dying
B) Someone stole his cup
C) He hates men
D) Wiglaf attacks him
Answer: B
The Exeter Book was compiled around:
A) 8th century
B) 9th century
C) 10th century
D) 12th century
Answer: C
Which poem focuses on a warrior who has lost all relations?
A) Judith
B) Seafarer
C) Wanderer
D) Ruin
Answer: C
Old English warriors believed in:
A) Eternal earthly life
B) Wandering souls
C) Courage and fame
D) Complete nonviolence
Answer: C
Beowulf kills Grendel using:
A) Dagger
B) Sword
C) Bare hands
D) Arrow
Answer: C
The Wife’s Lament is delivered in:
A) Dialogue
B) First-person monologue
C) Third person
D) Song form
Answer: B
The Wanderer laments the death of:
A) His father
B) His wife
C) His lord
D) His children
Answer: C
The Seafarer says only God can:
A) Save the soul
B) End storms
C) End the sea
D) Kill dragons
Answer: A
Beowulf gives his armor and necklace to Wiglaf as:
A) Reward
B) Dismissal
C) Symbol of kingship
D) Symbol of peace
Answer: C
Judith encourages her people to:
A) Retreat
B) Pray and fight
C) Negotiate
D) Flee
Answer: B
Old English literary themes often reflect:
A) Romance
B) Loyalty & loss
C) Scientific inquiry
D) Urban growth
Answer: B
The Seafarer describes land as:
A) Peaceful but spiritually weak
B) Worthless
C) Paradise
D) Fearful
Answer: A
The Ruin is a poem of:
A) War
B) Mystery
C) Mourning for the past
D) Political satire
Answer: C
Beowulf seeks battle with the dragon despite:
A) His age
B) Wiglaf’s warnings
C) The danger
D) All of these
Answer: D
The Wanderer begins by calling himself:
A) A king
B) A lonely exile
C) A warrior victorious
D) A captive
Answer: B
Which poem illustrates Christian reinterpretation of Old Testament heroism?
A) Seafarer
B) Judith
C) Rood
D) Wife’s Lament
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final victory comes at the cost of:
A) Wiglaf’s death
B) His own life
C) Geats’ war
D) Danish exile
Answer: B
The Seafarer believes mankind must fear:
A) Death only
B) God’s judgment
C) Weather
D) Kings
Answer: B
The Wanderer praises:
A) Gold
B) Wisdom
C) Slavery
D) Revenge
Answer: B
Old English poets used kennings to:
A) Make poetry clearer
B) Create vivid imagery
C) Add humor
D) Create rhyme
Answer: B
Beowulf’s people fear after his death that:
A) Wiglaf will flee
B) Enemies will attack
C) Treasure will vanish
D) Dragon will return
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 676–700

The Seafarer’s misery is caused by:
A) Love affairs
B) Harsh sea-life
C) Witchcraft
D) Politics
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s final teaching is:
A) Enjoy life
B) Revenge all enemies
C) Have faith in God
D) Seek treasure
Answer: C
In Beowulf, Grendel’s mother attacks Heorot to:
A) Free Grendel
B) Avenge her son
C) Steal treasure
D) Kill Hrothgar
Answer: B
Judith is portrayed as:
A) Cowardly
B) Fearful
C) Holy and heroic
D) Deceitful
Answer: C
The sea in Old English represents:
A) Home
B) Exile
C) Punishment
D) Reward
Answer: B
Beowulf’s dying request focuses on:
A) Treasure only
B) Wiglaf’s revenge
C) His people’s welfare
D) Crown
Answer: C
The Wanderer calls earth a:
A) Hall of joy
B) Loan (temporary)
C) Paradise
D) Battlefield only
Answer: B
The Seafarer sees heaven as:
A) Reward
B) Physical paradise
C) Myth
D) Illusion
Answer: A
Beowulf’s extraordinary strength is attributed to:
A) Magic
B) God and noble lineage
C) Training
D) Herbs
Answer: B
Judith’s people defeat the Assyrians because:
A) Holofernes orders surrender
B) They gain courage from Judith
C) Angels intervene
D) Vikings help them
Answer: B
The Ruin laments:
A) Kings
B) Roman empire decline
C) Sea voyages
D) Religious changes
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s heart often “beats” to go:
A) Home
B) To the sea
C) To war
D) To the hall
Answer: B
Beowulf claims he does good deeds for:
A) God
B) Fame
C) Gold
D) Wiglaf
Answer: B
The Wanderer mourns the destruction of:
A) Forest
B) City
C) Mead-halls
D) Ships
Answer: C
The Seafarer believes earthly pride leads to:
A) Salvation
B) Doom
C) Strength
D) Romance
Answer: B
The Rood tree is honored because:
A) Angels touched it
B) Christ died on it
C) Kings carved it
D) Roman monks decorated it
Answer: B
Old English poetry uses which structure?
A) Rhyming stanzas
B) Alliterative verse
C) Blank verse
D) Sonnets
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final opponent is:
A) Grendel
B) Sea monster
C) Dragon
D) Holofernes
Answer: C
The Wanderer views earthly life as:
A) Stable
B) Fleeting
C) Strong
D) Joyous
Answer: B
The Seafarer condemns men who love:
A) War
B) Comfort and riches
C) Poetry
D) Marriage
Answer: B
Comitatus refers to:
A) Warrior loyalty system
B) Sea voyage
C) Religious conversion
D) Manuscripts
Answer: A
Beowulf’s funeral mound is built to:
A) Announce war
B) Honor him and guide sailors
C) Hide treasure
D) Protect Wiglaf
Answer: B
Judith wins victory through:
A) Seduction
B) Prayer + bravery
C) Witchcraft
D) Trickery
Answer: B
The Seafarer views life as:
A) Endless pleasure
B) A test
C) Luxury
D) Pure suffering
Answer: B
The Wanderer teaches that earthly possessions are:
A) Eternal
B) Temporary
C) Magical
D) Unimportant to warriors
Answer: B

The Seafarer’s central conflict is between:
A) Family and duty
B) Sea-calling and comfort on land
C) Wealth and poverty
D) King and church
Answer: B
The Wanderer believes all worldly things are subject to:
A) Magic
B) Human control
C) Fate and decay
D) Victory
Answer: C
Beowulf slays Grendel’s mother in a battle described as:
A) Comedic
B) Underwater and brutal
C) Quick and easy
D) Spiritual
Answer: B
Judith is notable because it features:
A) A romantic heroine
B) A heroic female warrior
C) A queen in exile
D) A singing monk
Answer: B
What kind of poem is The Ruin?
A) Religious hymn
B) Battle narrative
C) Meditation on fallen structures
D) Love poem
Answer: C
In Beowulf, the dragon becomes a threat due to:
A) A curse
B) Hunger
C) Theft of treasure
D) Wiglaf’s attack
Answer: C
TheSeafarer feels compelled to the sea because:
A) It is peaceful
B) God drives him there
C) His king orders him
D) He seeks treasure
Answer: B
The Wanderer reflects on:
A) A lost kingdom
B) Lost halls and slain companions
C) Lost manuscripts
D) Lost treasure
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final struggle represents:
A) Aging heroism
B) Marriage
C) Political failure
D) Pagan conversion
Answer: A
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle preserves:
A) Legends
B) Daily gossip
C) Year-by-year historical records
D) Scientific achievements
Answer: C
Old English poetry typically uses:
A) Internal rhyme
B) End rhyme
C) Alliteration
D) Haiku structure
Answer: C
Judith kills Holofernes using:
A) A dagger
B) His own sword
C) Poison
D) A spear
Answer: B
The Seafarer sees earthly wealth as:
A) Worthless
B) Powerful
C) Eternal
D) Beautiful
Answer: A
Beowulf’s best known quality is his:
A) Wisdom
B) Physical strength
C) Wealth
D) Humor
Answer: B
The Wanderer suggests the wise man must be:
A) Quick to speak
B) Brave and silent
C) Bold and loud
D) Warm and generous
Answer: B
The Rood tree shares Christ’s suffering as a:
A) Passive victim
B) Warrior-companion
C) Criminal
D) Traitor
Answer: B
The dragon’s hoard is described as:
A) Useless
B) Abundant and cursed
C) Holy
D) Taken from monks
Answer: B
The Seafarer warns that death may come:
A) Through kings
B) From sea-monsters only
C) Suddenly, in many forms
D) Only in battle
Answer: C
The Wanderer’s message is deeply influenced by:
A) Epic romance
B) Christian resignation
C) Greek tragedy
D) Egyptian myth
Answer: B
Beowulf holds Grendel tightly because:
A) He loves combat
B) He wants to impress Unferth
C) He knows weapons won’t work
D) Grendel begs for mercy
Answer: C
Judith encourages her army to fight with:
A) Revenge
B) Partying
C) Courage and God’s support
D) Magic
Answer: C
The Seafarer contrasts fools with:
A) Wise men who fear God
B) Rich kings
C) Fearless warriors
D) Mariners
Answer: A
Beowulf’s leadership style is based on:
A) Greed
B) Generosity and courage
C) Manipulation
D) Carelessness
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s concluding tone is:
A) Completely hopeless
B) Bitter
C) Hopeful in God
D) Joyful
Answer: C
The Ruin primarily depicts:
A) A burned hall
B) A once-great Roman city now decayed
C) A Viking fortress
D) A monastic library
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 726–750

The Seafarer's emotional state is mostly:
A) Enraged
B) Joyful
C) Melancholic and spiritual
D) Romantic
Answer: C
The Wanderer seeks:
A) Revenge
B) Gold
C) A new lord
D) Marriage
Answer: C
Grendel belongs to the race of:
A) Giants
B) Dragons
C) Goblins
D) Cain
Answer: D
Judith is praised mainly for her:
A) Beauty
B) Cooking skills
C) Faith and bravery
D) Magic
Answer: C
Beowulf’s burial mound was placed near:
A) River
B) Sea
C) Forest
D) Mountain
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s lament includes memories of:
A) Children
B) Lost warriors and feasts
C) Farmers
D) Monks
Answer: B
The Seafarer sees the world as:
A) A stable place
B) Filled with suffering
C) A battlefield
D) A paradise
Answer: B
The dragon represents:
A) Youth
B) Death & destructive greed
C) Romance
D) Christianity
Answer: B
The Exeter Book contains:
A) Only battle poems
B) Only religious hymns
C) A mixture including riddles
D) Only historical prose
Answer: C
Beowulf’s killing of Grendel is described in:
A) Soft lyric tones
B) Graphic heroic language
C) Romantic style
D) Humorous tone
Answer: B
The Seafarer understands storms as:
A) Punishment
B) A call to faith
C) Simple weather
D) Signs of battle
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s wisdom comes from:
A) Reading
B) Age, experience, & loss
C) Royal debates
D) Magic
Answer: B
Grendel destroys Heorot because:
A) He is hungry
B) Noise of joy torments him
C) He wants the throne
D) He hates Hrothgar personally
Answer: B
Judith’s act inspires:
A) Panic
B) Retreat
C) A victorious counterattack
D) A new poetry style
Answer: C
Beowulf says that a good leader must be:
A) Silent
B) Generous
C) Cruel
D) Fearful
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s central metaphor is:
A) Life as a journey
B) Love as a battle
C) Knowledge as treasure
D) War as fire
Answer: A
The Wanderer repeatedly mentions:
A) Kings
B) Treasure
C) Memory and mourning
D) Weapons
Answer: C
Old English poetry often portrays nature as:
A) Friendly
B) Indifferent and harsh
C) Joyful
D) Paradise
Answer: B
Beowulf becomes king after:
A) Defeating Grendel
B) Slaying the dragon
C) Heardred’s death
D) Hrothgar’s death
Answer: C
Judith relies on:
A) Magic
B) Divine help
C) Weapons alone
D) Betrayal
Answer: B
The Ruin uses imagery of:
A) Dense forests
B) Overgrown stonework
C) Bright gold halls
D) Sea voyages
Answer: B
The Seafarer sees youth as:
A) Wise
B) Proud and arrogant
C) Innocent
D) Heroic
Answer: B
The Wanderer ends by urging readers to:
A) Love women
B) Seek kingdoms
C) Trust God
D) Build ships
Answer: C
Beowulf’s worldview is shaped by:
A) Pagan heroism with Christian commentary
B) Greek myths
C) Roman laws
D) Celtic tales
Answer: A
The mood of Judith is:
A) Defeatist
B) Triumphant
C) Romantic
D) Dark
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 751–775

The Seafarer feels torn between:
A) Two kings
B) Wife and sea
C) Earthly pleasure and spiritual duty
D) Riches and poetry
Answer: C
The Wanderer complains that:
A) Food is scarce
B) Loyalty is gone
C) Britain is wealthy
D) Kings are corrupt
Answer: B
In Beowulf, the hall symbolizes:
A) Death
B) Community and warmth
C) Magic
D) War
Answer: B
Judith uses her beauty as:
A) Political power
B) A lure to gain access to Holofernes
C) A romance tool
D) Magical weapon
Answer: B
The Ruin reflects on:
A) The fate of Viking ships
B) Glory of ancient Rome in Britain
C) Agricultural expansion
D) Monastic schools
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s message is that earthly joy:
A) Lasts forever
B) Is dangerous and fleeting
C) Is a gift from Hrothgar
D) Is irrelevant
Answer: B
The Wanderer mentions the “walls stand wind-blown” to show:
A) Strength
B) War
C) Decay
D) Protection
Answer: C
Beowulf kills the dragon with help from:
A) Hrothgar
B) Wiglaf
C) Hygelac
D) Wealhtheow
Answer: B
Judith’s beheading of Holofernes demonstrates:
A) Martial arts
B) Divine justice
C) Pagan power
D) Witchcraft
Answer: B
Old English poets emphasize that glory belongs to:
A) Warriors
B) Gods
C) Kings
D) God
Answer: D
The Seafarer sees earthly cities as:
A) Beautiful
B) False and doomed
C) Worth struggling for
D) Perfect
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s lord is described as:
A) Too weak
B) Slain in battle
C) A Christian monk
D) Married
Answer: B
Beowulf’s most important moral teaching is:
A) Secrecy
B) Loyalty
C) Cowardice
D) Lust
Answer: B
Judith represents the power of:
A) Seduction
B) Romance
C) Holy courage
D) Anger
Answer: C
The Ruin’s poet uses vivid imagery of:
A) Gardens
B) Ruined Roman baths
C) Viking longships
D) Weapons
Answer: B
The Seafarer believes human pride is:
A) Harmless
B) Divine
C) Sinful and foolish
D) Encouraged
Answer: C
The Wanderer teaches the wise man to:
A) Be silent and patient
B) Shout loudly
C) Fight kings
D) Hoard wealth
Answer: A
Beowulf confronts the dragon knowing:
A) He will survive
B) His death is probable
C) Wiglaf will flee
D) He has magical armor
Answer: B
Judith’s action leads to:
A) A feast
B) Moral decline
C) A military victory
D) Exile
Answer: C
The Ruin reveals admiration for:
A) Pagan gods
B) Roman craftsmanship
C) Medieval war
D) Monks
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s longing for the sea is:
A) Irrational
B) Spiritual and uncontrollable
C) Lazy
D) Romantic
Answer: B
The Wanderer emphasizes that wisdom requires:
A) Wealth
B) Travel
C) Suffering
D) Reading books
Answer: C
Beowulf’s treasure is burned or buried because:
A) Wiglaf orders it
B) It is cursed and useless
C) The Danes steal it
D) Grendel returns
Answer: B
Judith’s heroism is described with:
A) Epic imagery
B) Legal language
C) Comic tone
D) Romance
Answer: A
The Ruin comments on:
A) Time’s destruction
B) Love
C) Heroic drinking
D) Biblical miracles
Answer: A

⭐ MCQs 776–800

The Seafarer suggests humans must:
A) Build bigger halls
B) Seek heavenly treasure
C) Avoid the sea
D) Become warriors
Answer: B
The Wanderer compares earth to:
A) A stable tower
B) A falling fortress
C) A paradise
D) A boat
Answer: B
Beowulf’s third battle represents:
A) Romance
B) Completion of heroic journey
C) A political speech
D) Military training
Answer: B
Judith uses prayer mainly to:
A) Ask for escape
B) Strengthen courage
C) Ask for wealth
D) Curse enemies
Answer: B
The Ruin laments structures that were once:
A) Farms
B) Splendid Roman buildings
C) Monastic cells
D) Royal tombs
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s sea-journey represents:
A) Sin
B) Spiritual pilgrimage
C) Anger
D) Fame
Answer: B
The Wanderer longs for:
A) Riches
B) Wine
C) His lost lord
D) Marriage
Answer: C
The central idea of Beowulf is:
A) Revenge
B) Heroic struggle against evil
C) Love
D) Astrology
Answer: B
Judith kills Holofernes during:
A) Battle
B) Prayer
C) A drunken sleep
D) A feast
Answer: C
The Ruin poet admires:
A) Vikings
B) Fallen walls
C) British kings
D) Church law
Answer: B
The Seafarer criticizes men who:
A) Pray often
B) Stay comfortable on land
C) Travel by sea
D) Fight in wars
Answer: B
The Wanderer says all earthly things are:
A) Worth keeping
B) Loaned
C) Eternal
D) Free
Answer: B
Beowulf’s heroism is motivated by:
A) Greed
B) Glory-seeking
C) Love for Wealhtheow
D) Fear
Answer: B
Judith inspires her people by:
A) Singing
B) Showing Holofernes’ head
C) Writing poetry
D) Burning his tent
Answer: B
The Ruin includes images of:
A) Wild animals
B) Crumbling stonework
C) Mead-halls
D) Ships
Answer: B
The Seafarer argues that true honor belongs to:
A) Warriors
B) Kings
C) God
D) Women
Answer: C
The Wanderer mourns because:
A) His king dies
B) His brothers steal land
C) He lost his ship
D) His wife leaves him
Answer: A
Beowulf’s kingship lasts:
A) 10 years
B) 20 years
C) 50 years
D) 70 years
Answer: C
Judith’s bravery is paired with:
A) Sin
B) Divine inspiration
C) Pagan rituals
D) Anger
Answer: B
The Ruin reveals that nature:
A) Preserves buildings
B) Destroys human works
C) Avoids cities
D) Strengthens walls
Answer: B
The Seafarer sees earthly fame as:
A) Eternal
B) Temporary
C) Holy
D) Noble
Answer: B
The Wanderer compares the world to:
A) A crumbling wall
B) A peaceful sea
C) A golden hall
D) A battlefield
Answer: A
Beowulf’s greatest flaw is often considered:
A) Gluttony
B) Pride
C) Jealousy
D) Laziness
Answer: B
Judith shows that holiness can be combined with:
A) Political deceit
B) Courageous action
C) Magic
D) Prophecy
Answer: B
The Ruin’s dominant theme is:
A) Survival
B) Decay and grandeur lost
C) War victory
D) Romance
Answer: B

The Seafarer believes earthly comfort weakens a man’s:
A) Wealth
B) Strength
C) Spiritual focus
D) Fame
Answer: C
The Wanderer emphasizes that all human glory will:
A) Rise again
B) Last forever
C) Fade and crumble
D) Be rewarded by kings
Answer: C
Beowulf’s final decision to face the dragon reflects:
A) Pride and duty
B) Ambition only
C) Hatred of Wiglaf
D) Obedience to Hrothgar
Answer: A
Judith belongs to which genre?
A) Secular tragedy
B) Christian heroic poetry
C) Lyric lament
D) Comic satire
Answer: B
The Ruin focuses on:
A) War victory
B) The collapse of human-built grandeur
C) Viking ships
D) The rise of Christianity
Answer: B
The Seafarer views the sea as a place of:
A) Luxury
B) Punishment
C) Spiritual testing and awakening
D) Celebration
Answer: C
The Wanderer searches for:
A) A new community
B) A wife
C) Wealth
D) Magic
Answer: A
Beowulf dies after:
A) Grendel kills him
B) Grendel’s Mother stabs him
C) Dragon mortally wounds him
D) Wiglaf betrays him
Answer: C
Judith slays Holofernes to:
A) Show vengeance
B) Fulfill God’s plan for her people
C) Gain personal fame
D) Please a king
Answer: B
The Ruin’s description of hot baths suggests:
A) Luxury
B) Roman engineering
C) Pagan rituals
D) Monastic healing
Answer: B
The Seafarer values:
A) Food and drink
B) Fame
C) Fear of God
D) Witchcraft
Answer: C
The Wanderer’s sorrow comes from:
A) Loss of lord and comrades
B) Famine
C) Illness
D) Judicial punishment
Answer: A
Beowulf is a blend of:
A) Norse legend and Christian allegory
B) Greek mythology and Latin oratory
C) Viking saga and French romance
D) Biblical prophecy and satire
Answer: A
Judith’s attack is made possible because:
A) Holofernes is asleep from drunkenness
B) Soldiers abandon him
C) Angels restrain him
D) He is poisoned
Answer: A
The Ruin laments the effects of:
A) Fire only
B) Earthquakes only
C) Time, weather, and war
D) Magic
Answer: C
The Seafarer believes that only God can:
A) Stop the sea
B) Grant eternal rest
C) Make ships float
D) Calm storms
Answer: B
The Wanderer compares life to:
A) A rolling wave
B) A crumbling wall
C) A silver tree
D) A joyful feast
Answer: B
Beowulf’s main heroic attribute is:
A) Magic
B) Strength combined with moral courage
C) Intelligence
D) Humor
Answer: B
Judith inspires the Hebrews by:
A) Singing
B) Showing Holofernes' head
C) Burning the Assyrian camp
D) Praying aloud
Answer: B
The Ruin portrays Roman Britain as:
A) Filled with magic
B) Once highly civilized
C) Barbaric
D) Ignorant
Answer: B
The Seafarer claims that earthly rulers:
A) Live long
B) Are mighty forever
C) Also die like everyone else
D) Are chosen by fate
Answer: C
The Wanderer envisions the world under:
A) Eternal sunshine
B) The shadow of decay
C) Eternal harmony
D) Rising power
Answer: B
Beowulf’s death marks the decline of:
A) Danish kings
B) Viking culture
C) Geatish strength and unity
D) English monarchy
Answer: C
Judith’s purity is contrasted with:
A) Holofernes’ lust
B) Beowulf’s pride
C) Wiglaf’s fear
D) Grendel’s rage
Answer: A
The Ruin emphasizes the fragility of:
A) Nature
B) Kings
C) Human work and architecture
D) Ships
Answer: C

⭐ MCQs 826–850

The Seafarer’s emotions are controlled by:
A) Fate
B) Sin
C) His wife
D) Angry kings
Answer: A
The Wanderer regrets trusting:
A) His brothers
B) His king
C) Earthly stability
D) Foreign lands
Answer: C
Beowulf becomes a king known for:
A) Weak rule
B) Constant war
C) Justice and generosity
D) Corruption
Answer: C
Judith’s victory is interpreted as:
A) National revenge
B) Divine triumph
C) Pagan strength
D) Tactical genius only
Answer: B
The Ruin’s poet admires how Roman buildings once looked:
A) Simple
B) Dark
C) Grand and majestic
D) Fearful
Answer: C
The Seafarer distinguishes between fools and wise men by:
A) Clothes
B) Wealth
C) Attitude toward eternity
D) Strength
Answer: C
The Wanderer finds comfort in:
A) Drink
B) Sleep
C) Faith in God
D) Romance
Answer: C
Beowulf’s final battle is initiated because:
A) He wants more glory
B) The Geats need him
C) Wiglaf asks for it
D) Hrothgar commands him
Answer: B
Judith represents the blending of:
A) Romance and paganism
B) Classical heroism with Christian virtue
C) Politics and comedy
D) Magic and prophecy
Answer: B
The Ruin’s tone is best described as:
A) Joyful
B) Reflective and melancholic
C) Anger-filled
D) Prideful
Answer: B
The Seafarer claims earthly power leads to:
A) Eternal rule
B) Doom
C) Wealth
D) Immortality
Answer: B
The Wanderer sees human life as governed by:
A) Kings
B) Fate and God
C) Romance
D) Sea monsters
Answer: B
Beowulf’s heroism is rooted in:
A) Desire for gold
B) Loyalty to lords and thirst for fame
C) Fear
D) Prophecy
Answer: B
Judith’s story begins after:
A) She travels to Rome
B) Holofernes besieges her city
C) Beowulf visits her
D) The Wanderer meets her
Answer: B
The Ruin describes buildings that were:
A) Never completed
B) Damaged by storms and time
C) Recently built
D) Made by the Danes
Answer: B
The Seafarer believes only the righteous will:
A) Rule England
B) Find eternal joy
C) Avoid hardship
D) Rule the seas
Answer: B
The Wanderer meditates on the collapse of:
A) Ministries
B) Earthly kingdoms
C) Viking ships
D) Roman laws
Answer: B
Beowulf’s last act reflects:
A) Greed
B) Fearlessness and duty
C) Trickery
D) Weakness
Answer: B
Judith’s people gain courage after:
A) The sea calms
B) Holofernes flees
C) Judith displays his severed head
D) They discover treasure
Answer: C
The Ruin uses imagery of:
A) Thrones and crowns
B) Carved stones and collapsed halls
C) Sea monsters
D) War-horses
Answer: B
The Seafarer describes heaven as:
A) A hall of angels
B) A battlefield
C) A forest
D) A ship
Answer: A
The Wanderer believes a wise man should:
A) Speak often
B) Hide sorrow
C) Fight always
D) Seek pleasure
Answer: B
Beowulf meets his death:
A) Alone
B) With Wiglaf beside him
C) In Heorot
D) In Denmark
Answer: B
Judith is strengthened by:
A) Alcohol
B) God
C) Grendel
D) Magic herbs
Answer: B
The Ruin sees the past as:
A) Superior to the present
B) Inferior to the present
C) Romanticized
D) Boring
Answer: A

⭐ MCQs 851–875

The Seafarer calls earthly life a:
A) Burden only
B) Short loan
C) Paradise
D) Competition
Answer: B
The Wanderer believes true stability exists only in:
A) Kings
B) Ships
C) God
D) Romance
Answer: C
Beowulf’s funeral marks:
A) End of Danish rule
B) Beginning of Geatish suffering
C) Celebration of Christianity
D) Beginning of new wars
Answer: B
Judith’s victory shows:
A) Human frailty
B) The power of prayer + courage
C) Pagan strength
D) Superstition
Answer: B
The Ruin poet laments that:
A) The buildings are haunted
B) Human craftsmanship cannot survive time
C) Romans were sinful
D) Weather has improved
Answer: B
The Seafarer views gold as:
A) Blessing
B) Meaningless
C) Required
D) Protective
Answer: B
The Wanderer mourns the loss of:
A) His wife
B) His lord and hall
C) His sword
D) His children
Answer: B
Beowulf defeats Grendel with:
A) A spear
B) His bare hands
C) A charm
D) Daggers
Answer: B
Judith’s people attack with:
A) Fear
B) Confidence and divine sanction
C) Poor weapons
D) Viking allies
Answer: B
The Ruin suggests that earthly cities are:
A) Eternal
B) Easily restored
C) Fragile
D) Immortal
Answer: C
The Seafarer’s warnings center on:
A) War
B) Human pride and sin
C) Royal politics
D) Dreams
Answer: B
The Wanderer says fortune is:
A) Predictable
B) God-controlled
C) Ever stable
D) A magic force
Answer: B
Beowulf’s courage in old age is:
A) Weak
B) Unnecessary
C) Absolute but costly
D) Hidden
Answer: C
Judith is celebrated for:
A) Her romantic life
B) Tactical skill and holiness
C) Writing riddles
D) Inventing battle tactics
Answer: B
The Ruin describes stones as:
A) Singing
B) Silent witnesses
C) New and bright
D) Covered in gold
Answer: B
The Seafarer rejects the comfort of:
A) Battle
B) Mead-halls
C) Treasure
D) Both B & C
Answer: D
The Wanderer’s advice is rooted in:
A) Pagan ritual
B) Christian thought
C) Norse magic
D) Greek logos
Answer: B
Beowulf’s downfall is tied to:
A) Greed
B) Pride and age
C) Viking attacks
D) Political mistakes
Answer: B
Judith’s battlefield success is credited to:
A) Fate
B) God’s intervention
C) Her strength only
D) Holofernes’ cowardice
Answer: B
The Ruin’s poet admires the stonework as:
A) Magical
B) Inferior
C) Formerly glorious
D) Weak
Answer: C
The Seafarer believes God rewards:
A) Warriors
B) Sinners
C) The humble
D) Kings only
Answer: C
The Wanderer fears:
A) Sea travel
B) Divine punishment
C) Death without faith
D) Grendel
Answer: C
Beowulf’s relationship with Hrothgar is like:
A) Father–son
B) Rivals
C) Brothers
D) Enemies
Answer: A
Judith’s purity contrasts with:
A) Wiglaf
B) Grendel
C) Holofernes’ lust
D) Wanderer
Answer: C
The Ruin reminds readers that all human works:
A) Last forever
B) Fade into ruin
C) Grow stronger
D) Become immortal
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 876–900

The Seafarer longs for:
A) Food
B) Sea-journeys
C) Wealth
D) Kingship
Answer: B
The Wanderer suggests warriors must endure:
A) Pain and exile
B) Fame
C) Riches
D) Magic
Answer: A
Beowulf rises to power because:
A) He kills Hrothgar
B) Heardred dies
C) He marries a queen
D) He travels widely
Answer: B
Judith is respected for her:
A) Beauty alone
B) Courage + faith
C) Wealth
D) Viking ancestry
Answer: B
The Ruin calls ancient halls:
A) Lifeless stones
B) Marvels of craftsmanship
C) Weak buildings
D) Pagan traps
Answer: B
The Seafarer argues that earthly pride:
A) Helps sailors
B) Prevents salvation
C) Expands kingdoms
D) Strengthens bodies
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s lament echoes:
A) Epic joy
B) Stoic reflection
C) French romance
D) Comic irony
Answer: B
Beowulf’s final resting place overlooks:
A) A battlefield
B) The sea
C) Hrothgar’s kingdom
D) A forest
Answer: B
Judith’s leadership is fueled by:
A) Fear
B) Divine inspiration
C) Hatred
D) Revenge
Answer: B
The Ruin suggests time is:
A) Stable
B) Destroyer of all
C) Generous
D) Harmless
Answer: B
The Seafarer views storms as:
A) God’s tests
B) Natural only
C) Magic
D) Pagan signs
Answer: A
The Wanderer fears a world without:
A) Ships
B) Faith
C) Kings
D) Feasts
Answer: B
Beowulf dies because he:
A) Refuses help
B) Is poisoned by dragon’s bite
C) Falls from a cliff
D) Is betrayed
Answer: B
Judith is a classic example of:
A) Pagan mourning poem
B) Christian martial victory
C) Comic satire
D) Romantic lament
Answer: B
The Ruin portrays buildings as:
A) Haunted
B) Fragile remains of a powerful past
C) Brand new
D) Magical temples
Answer: B
The Seafarer claims happiness comes from:
A) Money
B) Fame
C) Fear of God and righteousness
D) Kingship
Answer: C
The Wanderer believes wisdom comes with:
A) Age and hardship
B) Magic spells
C) Romantic love
D) Money
Answer: A
Beowulf’s flaw is:
A) Greed
B) Pride
C) Jealousy
D) Anger
Answer: B
Judith leads men through:
A) Seduction
B) Moral courage
C) Pagan rituals
D) Magic
Answer: B
The Ruin warns that earthly glory is:
A) Eternal
B) Limited
C) Increasing
D) Increasing through kings
Answer: B
The Seafarer teaches that the world is:
A) Firm
B) Passing
C) Joyful
D) Perfect
Answer: B
The Wanderer shows the collapse of:
A) Trees
B) Kingdoms
C) Seas
D) Languages
Answer: B
Beowulf fights the dragon mainly to:
A) Impress Wiglaf
B) Protect Geats
C) Earn gold
D) Travel
Answer: B
Judith shows that God rewards:
A) The greedy
B) The faithful and brave
C) The rich
D) The young
Answer: B
The Ruin primarily mourns:
A) Lost kings
B) Lost buildings and empires
C) Lost ships
D) Lost poems
Answer: B

The Seafarer believes life on earth is:
A) Permanent
B) A temporary loan
C) A joyful paradise
D) A reward for warriors
Answer: B
The Wanderer’s loneliness is increased by:
A) Snow and winter imagery
B) Victory in war
C) Marriage
D) Hearing music
Answer: A
Beowulf’s final speech requests:
A) A crown
B) Treasure for his people
C) Revenge against Wiglaf
D) Burial in Denmark
Answer: B
Judith’s victory is symbolic of:
A) Secular revenge
B) Christian courage
C) Pagan rituals
D) Royal lineage
Answer: B
The Ruin poet is impressed by:
A) Modern buildings
B) Roman engineering
C) Viking craft
D) English woodwork
Answer: B
The Seafarer says no man may escape:
A) The king’s law
B) His wife
C) Fate and death
D) The sea
Answer: C
The Wanderer finds that joys of life are:
A) Increasing
B) Fading
C) Constant
D) Magical
Answer: B
Beowulf kills the dragon with:
A) The giant’s sword
B) His bare hands
C) Wiglaf’s support
D) A poisoned spear
Answer: C
Judith is an example of:
A) Secular war poem
B) Biblical heroic poetry
C) Romance poetry
D) Satire
Answer: B
The Ruin portrays stone structures as:
A) Holy places
B) Crumbling evidence of past power
C) Indestructible
D) Dangerous
Answer: B
The Seafarer considers the sea as:
A) A place of heroic fame
B) A spiritual testing ground
C) A paradise
D) A battlefield
Answer: B
The Wanderer repeatedly mentions:
A) His wealth
B) Ruined halls and lost companions
C) His wife
D) His farm
Answer: B
Beowulf’s kingship is described as:
A) Peaceful and just
B) Violent and chaotic
C) Weak
D) Corrupt
Answer: A
Judith kills Holofernes with:
A) His own sword
B) A dagger
C) A spear
D) Magic
Answer: A
The Ruin emphasizes that time:
A) Strengthens walls
B) Destroys human achievements
C) Has no effect
D) Is magical
Answer: B
The Seafarer dislikes men who:
A) Travel
B) Seek God
C) Stay comfortable and proud
D) Fight in battles
Answer: C
The Wanderer fears the collapse of:
A) His memory
B) His faith
C) All earthly kingdoms
D) The sun
Answer: C
Beowulf’s heroism is shown through:
A) Magic
B) Moral courage + physical strength
C) Royal birth
D) Marriage
Answer: B
Judith’s purity emphasizes:
A) Physical beauty
B) Divine strength
C) Wealth
D) Romance
Answer: B
The Ruin uses images of broken stone to show:
A) Roman power
B) Nature’s strength over time
C) Growing empires
D) English fear
Answer: B
The Seafarer believes only one thing brings eternal joy:
A) Wealth
B) Music
C) Obedience to God
D) Ships
Answer: C
The Wanderer contrasts past glories with:
A) New kingdoms
B) Present loneliness
C) Romance
D) Sea travel
Answer: B
Beowulf’s downfall is caused by:
A) Wiglaf
B) Age + pride
C) Illness
D) Lost treasure
Answer: B
Judith encourages her warriors with:
A) Drums
B) Song
C) Holofernes’ head
D) A prophecy
Answer: C
The Ruin poet sees past grandeur as:
A) Foolish
B) Incredible
C) Invisible
D) Dangerous
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 926–950

The Seafarer describes his body suffering from:
A) Cold, hunger, and fear
B) Exercise
C) Magic
D) Battle wounds only
Answer: A
The Wanderer’s wisdom is expressed through:
A) Royal ceremonies
B) Stoic reflection
C) Comic tone
D) Romantic imagery
Answer: B
Beowulf displays humility when he:
A) Refuses weapons against Grendel
B) Leaves battle
C) Fears Wiglaf
D) Rejects kingship
Answer: A
Judith’s courage is supported by:
A) Pagan gods
B) Divine strength
C) Witches
D) Magic dreams
Answer: B
The Ruin poet marvels at:
A) Growing cities
B) Decay of ancient baths and halls
C) Sea voyages
D) Vikings
Answer: B
The Seafarer values:
A) Wealth
B) Wit
C) Wisdom and spiritual fear
D) Romance
Answer: C
The Wanderer compares his life to:
A) A feast
B) A drifting boat
C) A ruin
D) A poem
Answer: B
Beowulf says fate will decide:
A) The victor
B) His kingship
C) His marriage
D) Hrothgar’s future
Answer: A
Judith demonstrates:
A) Physical grace
B) Holy bravery and leadership
C) Romantic emotion
D) Political ambition
Answer: B
The Ruin highlights contrast between:
A) Nature and man
B) Kings and peasants
C) War and peace
D) Magic and faith
Answer: A
The Seafarer sees his suffering as:
A) Punishment only
B) A spiritual journey
C) Useless
D) A feast
Answer: B
The Wanderer longs for:
A) His wife
B) His lord and companions
C) Land
D) Fame
Answer: B
Beowulf fights Grendel because:
A) Hrothgar demands it
B) He seeks glory and to repay a debt
C) Wiglaf begs
D) He wants wealth
Answer: B
Judith’s story demonstrates:
A) The danger of war
B) The triumph of God’s chosen people
C) Romance
D) Prophecy
Answer: B
The Ruin’s imagery represents human effort as:
A) Eternal
B) Fading
C) Divine
D) Military
Answer: B
The Seafarer believes the rich are:
A) Happy
B) Selfish
C) Spiritually blind
D) Wise
Answer: C
The Wanderer believes a wise man:
A) Speaks frequently
B) Controls emotions
C) Boasts often
D) Reads poetry
Answer: B
Beowulf’s first great heroic act is:
A) Killing the dragon
B) Killing Grendel
C) Becoming king
D) Sailing to Denmark
Answer: D
Judith’s people win because:
A) They use stronger weapons
B) Holofernes is absent
C) They receive divine encouragement
D) They have more soldiers
Answer: C
The Ruin reminds readers that time:
A) Builds cities
B) Ruins all human works
C) Has no influence
D) Strengthens stone
Answer: B
The Seafarer sees death as:
A) The end
B) A transition to eternal life
C) A myth
D) Victory only for kings
Answer: B
The Wanderer says earthly joy disappears because:
A) The world is evil
B) Kings are corrupt
C) Fate is inevitable
D) Men forget God
Answer: C
Beowulf’s dragon represents:
A) Lust
B) Cosmic evil
C) Wealth
D) Christianity
Answer: B
Judith’s heroism is portrayed with imagery of:
A) Comedy
B) Epic battle
C) Riddles
D) Norse saga
Answer: B
The Ruin laments the broken:
A) Ships
B) Stone arches and walls
C) Monasteries
D) Swords
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 951–975

The Seafarer shows that wealth cannot:
A) Feed the poor
B) Save the soul
C) Heal kings
D) Win wars
Answer: B
The Wanderer focuses on the:
A) Glory of kings
B) Collapse of human relationships
C) Power of nature
D) Laws of England
Answer: B
Beowulf’s men fail him because:
A) They betray him
B) They flee in fear
C) They love Wiglaf
D) They serve Hrothgar
Answer: B
Judith leads by:
A) Intimidation
B) Inspiration
C) Witchcraft
D) Shouting
Answer: B
The Ruin contrasts:
A) Women and men
B) Past glory with present ruin
C) Christian and pagan fields
D) Kings and monks
Answer: B
The Seafarer claims heaven is for:
A) Warriors
B) Wise and humble
C) Kings only
D) Anglo-Saxons
Answer: B
The Wanderer compares the world to a:
A) Fortress
B) Ruin
C) Desert
D) Rainbow
Answer: B
Beowulf’s strength is compared to:
A) Bear
B) Thirty men
C) A dragon
D) A king
Answer: B
Judith’s story begins with:
A) The fall of Israel
B) Siege by Assyrians
C) Arrival of Danes
D) Grendel’s attack
Answer: B
The Ruin suggests Roman builders were:
A) Weak
B) Skilled
C) Poor
D) Illiterate
Answer: B
The Seafarer views earthly rulers as:
A) Immortal
B) Temporary
C) Wise
D) Divine
Answer: B
The Wanderer ultimately preaches:
A) Revenge
B) Paganism
C) Christian hope
D) Romantic love
Answer: C
Beowulf dies because:
A) Wiglaf betrays him
B) The dragon bites him and poison spreads
C) He drowns
D) He is cursed
Answer: B
Judith trusts in:
A) Angels
B) Herself
C) God
D) Magic
Answer: C
The Ruin poet says that time:
A) Restores beauty
B) Erases glory
C) Builds new cities
D) Creates wealth
Answer: B
The Seafarer says humans forget God when:
A) They grow rich
B) They travel
C) They farm
D) They study
Answer: A
The Wanderer is haunted most by:
A) Love
B) War-horses
C) Memory of his lord
D) Winter
Answer: C
Beowulf’s body is burned in a:
A) Church
B) Ship
C) Funeral pyre
D) Cave
Answer: C
Judith’s poem ends with:
A) Defeat
B) Triumph
C) Grief
D) Romance
Answer: B
The Ruin describes walls as:
A) Singing
B) “Wondrously wrought”
C) Newly built
D) Holy
Answer: B
The Seafarer’s main theme is:
A) Political conflict
B) Life’s spiritual journey
C) Romantic love
D) Farming
Answer: B
The Wanderer says the wise must understand:
A) War
B) God’s will
C) Magic
D) Mathematics
Answer: B
Beowulf faces monsters to gain:
A) Gold
B) Fame and honor
C) Marriage
D) Land
Answer: B
Judith proves that women can be:
A) Romantic figures
B) Holy warriors
C) Comedians
D) Prophets
Answer: B
The Ruin poet believes ruins are:
A) Shameful
B) Reminders of past greatness
C) Signs of pagan sin
D) Natural palaces
Answer: B

⭐ MCQs 976–1000

The Seafarer thinks earthly joy fades because:
A) Fate controls all
B) Kings fail
C) Women rule
D) Seas rise
Answer: A
The Wanderer sees life as:
A) A battlefield
B) Fleeting and sorrowful
C) Joyous
D) Predictable
Answer: B
Beowulf’s heroism is tied closely to:
A) Christian morality
B) Desire for power
C) Magic weapons
D) Romance
Answer: A
Judith is considered a heroine because she:
A) Marries a king
B) Kills an evil enemy
C) Writes poetry
D) Escapes
Answer: B
The Ruin suggests buildings fall because:
A) God destroys them
B) Time erodes them
C) Kings tear them down
D) Romans forgot to maintain them
Answer: B
The Seafarer sees storms as symbols of:
A) Divine testing
B) Pagan gods
C) Fortune
D) Witchcraft
Answer: A
The Wanderer’s loneliness symbolizes:
A) A nation in decline
B) Individual grief and exile
C) Political instability
D) Artistic desire
Answer: B
Beowulf fights the dragon to:
A) Impress wiglaf
B) Save his people
C) Gain land
D) Kill time
Answer: B
Judith’s people gain victory because:
A) They have magic
B) Judith inspires them
C) Assyrians surrender
D) Angels fight for them
Answer: B
The Ruin poet stresses:
A) Human weakness
B) Time’s power
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B
Answer: C
The Seafarer says old age brings:
A) Glory
B) Weakness
C) Magic
D) Pride
Answer: B
The Wanderer believes loyalty is:
A) Rare
B) Common
C) Irrelevant
D) Punished
Answer: A
Beowulf displays wisdom when:
A) He boasts
B) He gives advice to Hygelac
C) He kills Wiglaf
D) He retires
Answer: B
Judith uses what to defeat Holofernes?
A) Trickery
B) His own desire
C) Prayer + sword
D) Poison
Answer: C
The Ruin reminds people that time destroys:
A) Buildings only
B) All human achievements
C) Only cities
D) Only farms
Answer: B
The Seafarer describes the world as:
A) Changing
B) Eternal
C) Peaceful
D) Joyful
Answer: A
The Wanderer hopes for:
A) Gold
B) Heaven
C) New kings
D) Ships
Answer: B
Beowulf’s enemies represent:
A) Political opponents
B) Forces of chaos
C) Natural disasters
D) Royal rivals
Answer: B
Judith shows the ideal of:
A) Pagan beauty
B) Christian heroism
C) Political ambition
D) Magical prophecy
Answer: B
The Ruin mourns the fall of:
A) Cathedrals only
B) Roman towns
C) Viking ships
D) London
Answer: B
The Seafarer says wise men focus on:
A) fame
B) God
C) magic
D) feasts
Answer: B
The Wanderer suggests men should prepare for:
A) Fame
B) War
C) Death and judgment
D) Marriage
Answer: C
Beowulf shows faith when he says:
A) “God must decide the outcome.”
B) “I fear the dragon.”
C) “I want wealth.”
D) “Wiglaf must lead.”
Answer: A
Judith ends with:
A) Lamentation
B) Celebration and praise
C) Fear
D) Warning
Answer: B
The Ruin's main lesson is:
A) Wealth remains forever
B) Time destroys all human glory
C) Kings prevent decay
D) Fame is eternal
Answer: B

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