Midterm Review Part 1

Who wrote Beowulf?

• Shakespeare
• Unknown
• Bede
• Chaucer

Which group invaded England?

• Celts
• Dutch
• Persians
• Gauls

Who wrote The Exile poems?

• Bede
• Beowulf
• Hrothgar
• Unknown

What is The Wife's Lament about?

• exile
• hope
• redemption
• pride

Which language did Roman clerics bring to England?

• English
• Latin
• Norman French
• Anglish

What is a heroic couplet?

• Two lines of poetry that rhyme
• Two lines of poetry in iambic pentameter that rhyme
• Two lines of poetry that utilize alliteration
• Three lines of poetry in iambic hexameter that end with the same word

“Historia Regum Britanniae” means —

• Long live the king
• History of the Kings of England
• In medias res
• The once and future king

Who was the last invader to successfully invade England?

• King Alfred of Germania
• William the Conqueror of Normandy
• King Arthur of Juteland
• Henry V of Scandinavia

Why is the seafarer traveling?

• It's his job.
• He's restless.
• He's forced to.
• He's fishing.

What language is "The Wife's Lament" written in?

• Old English
• Middle English
• Latin
• Norman French