Questions
In the epic poem Beowulf, what is the name of the monster that Beowulf battles?
- Grendel
- The dragon
- The sea-hag
In the Iliad, what is the name of the Trojan prince who fights Achilles?
- Hector
- Paris
- Aeneas
In the Odyssey, what is the name of the island where Odysseus is held captive by the nymph Calypso?
- Ithaca
- Ogygia
- Scheria
In the Aeneid, what is the name of the Roman hero who founds the city of Rome?
- Aeneas
- Romulus
- Remus
In the Nibelungenlied, what is the name of the hero who is killed by the dragon Fafnir?
- Siegfried
- Brunhild
- Hagen
In the Song of Roland, what is the name of the Frankish knight who is killed at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass?
- Roland
- Oliver
- Turpin
In the Cid, what is the name of the Spanish knight who fights against the Moors?
- Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
- Jimena Díaz
- Elvira Díaz
In the Kalevala, what is the name of the Finnish hero who fights against the evil witch Louhi?
- Väinämöinen
- Ilmarinen
- Lemminkäinen
In the Shahnameh, what is the name of the Persian hero who fights against the evil king Afrasiyab?
- Rostam
- Esfandiyar
- Sohrab
In the Mahabharata, what is the name of the Indian hero who fights against the evil Kauravas?
- Arjuna
- Krishna
- Bhima
In the Ramayana, what is the name of the Indian hero who fights against the evil demon king Ravana?
- Rama
- Lakshmana
- Hanuman
In the Lusiads, what is the name of the Portuguese hero who sails around the world?
- Vasco da Gama
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Fernão de Magalhães
In the Divine Comedy, what is the name of the Italian poet who travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise?
- Dante Alighieri
- Francesco Petrarca
- Giovanni Boccaccio
In the Canterbury Tales, what is the name of the English poet who tells stories while on a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- William Langland
- John Gower
In the Faerie Queene, what is the name of the English poet who tells the story of a knight's quest for truth and justice?
- Edmund Spenser
- John Milton
- William Shakespeare