Quiz  /  Folklore of the British Isles Quiz

  • 1. 
    Who is the author of Beowulf, a heroic poem considered to be the highest achievement in Old English literature?

  • Geoffrey of Monmouth
  • Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Nennius
  • unknown

  • 2. 
    Who were the Celtic priests, teachers, and judges who assembled yearly at a sacred place to hear legal disputes?

  • Druids
  • Franciscans
  • monks
  • Benedictines

  • 3. 
    Which collection of Welsh myths and tales involves the adventures of King Arthur and his knights?

  • The Mabinogion
  • The Book of Taliesin
  • The Welsh Triads
  • “Culhwch and Olwen”

  • 4. 
    In Irish folklore, which race of demonic beings threatens the inhabitants of Ireland until they are defeated by the god-race?

  • Ladhra
  • Tuatha Dé Danann
  • Milesians
  • Fomoire

  • 5. 
    Who is the leader of the demonic Fomoire in Irish folklore?

  • Kikimora
  • Balor
  • Balrog
  • Dullahan

  • 6. 
    According to Irish folklore, how does the first magical race of Ireland perish?

  • in a famine
  • in battle
  • by drowning
  • by fire

  • 7. 
    A judgment against which leader in Irish folklore is said to have been the first legal decision in Ireland?

  • Sera
  • Magog
  • Partholón
  • Sru

  • 8. 
    According to Irish folklore, how is the mythic group led by Partholón destroyed?

  • by a famine
  • by fire
  • by a flood
  • by a plague

  • 9. 
    In Celtic religion, who was a magical leader of the mythical Irish race Tuatha Dé Danann?

  • Alator
  • Lug
  • the Dagda
  • Danu
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