Overview of Literary and Historical Time Periods

Which of the following is NOT a dialect of Old English?

• Northumbrian
• Mercian
• East Saxon
• Kentish

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following days of the week is NOT named after an Anglo-Saxon god?

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

When the Romans leave, which barbarians are ready to swoop in?

• Picts
• Britons
• Angles
• Jutes

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

The Anglo-Saxon king who fought back against the Danes was ___.

• Henry II
• Alfred the Great
• Canute
• Harold

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

(T or F) Britain was ruled by a Danish king.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

More than ___ place names in England have Scandinavian origins.

• 500
• 1000
• 1500
• 2000

A common Anglo-Saxon poetic device is called a ___.

• metaphor
• simile
• conceit
• kenning

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

After the Norman Conquest, what language becomes the one of power?

• French
• English
• Latin

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.K.4

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.K.3

(T or F) William the Bastard's name really means he was an awful person.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

English becomes the dominant language again mainly because of ___.

• The Norman Invasion
• The Great Vowel Shift
• The Hundred Years War
• The Battle of Hastings

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.K.4

CCSS.RF.1.4

CCSS.RF.2.4