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Anglo-Saxon Literature

Authored by Emily Houdersheldt

English

10th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Anglo-Saxon Literature
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT one of the periods of English?

Old English
Middle English
Neo-modern English
Early Modern English

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event sparked the shift from Old English to Middle English?

The Great Vowel Shift
The Norman Conquest
The creation of the Gutenberg Printing Press
The Industrial Revolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In "The Seafarer," which theme did the narrator address by always returning to the sea, continuing his search?

The theme of finding your place in life.
The theme that religion offers hope.
The theme that death comes for everyone.
The theme that no earthly pleasure can equal that of heaven.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device is defined as a figure of speech in which an imagined or absent person or thing is represented as speaking?

Kenning
Alliteration
Prosopopoeia
Caesura

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which period of the English language was sparked by the Great Vowel Shift?

Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
Late Modern English

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In "The Seafarer," the narrator makes several comments about how who can't understand his life at sea?

city-dwellers
nobles
people of the aristocracy
country folk

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which period of English occurred between 450-1100 AD?

Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
Late Modern English

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