Anglo-Saxon Period and Beowulf

After occupying England for more than three hundred years, the last Roman forces finally left Britain in which year?

• 49 AD

• 309 AD

• 449 AD

• 597 AD

Who occupied the British Isles before the coming of the Anglo-Saxons?

• The Celtic people, possibly led by King Arthur

• The British Isles were uninhabited

• The Moorish people from North Africa

• The Normans, led by William the Conqueror

King Arthur of famous legends may actually have been…

• a Roman general

• a Celtic leader

• a Christian missionary

• a Viking ruler

The first Germanic people to invade Britain and settle there were…

• the Jutes

• the Romans

• the Normans

• the Celts

The Anglo-Saxon period is generally considered to date from…

• 55 BC to 409 AD

• 1 AD to 449 AD

• 449 AD to 1066 AD

• 1066 AD to 1789 AD

The words Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are all derived from the names of…

• Celtic gods

• Anglo-Saxon gods

• Roman gods

• Legendary heroes

Why do so few pieces of literature remain from this time period?

• The Christian missionaries burned everything pagan.

• The Anglo-Saxons had no form of written language.

• Poems were originally sung rather than written down.

• Everything was destroyed when the British Library flooded.

Literature written down in English began to evolve in Britain with the coming of...

• Christian missionaries

• the Danes

• the Angles

• the Normans

Who came to England during the Dark Ages with the purpose of converting the pagans to Christianity?

• the Venerable Bede

• Saint Augustine

• Alfred the Great

• King Arthur

During the Anglo-Saxon period, England was invaded by all the following EXCEPT...

• Celts, from Wales

• Saxons, from the Danish peninsula

• Jutes, from the Danish peninsula

• Angles, from the Danish peninsula