Anglo Saxon and Beowulf Background

Which group did NOT made up the Anglo Saxons?

• Angles

• Saxons

• Jutes

• Celts

Which group made up the upper class?

• Thralls

• Thanes

• Freemen

Provide one characteristic of the Anglo-Saxons?

Women were able to inherit and hold property

• True

• False

Anglo-Saxons always followed a Christian belief system

• True

• False

Who wrote Beowulf?

• King Arthur

• The author is unknown

• The Venerable Bede

Which two belief systems are represented in Beowulf?

• Pagan

• Viking

• Christian

• Wiccan

• Muslim

Beowulf is a(n)

• Play

• Epic Poem

• Song

• Short Story

The Anglo-Saxons invaded what country?

• Britain

• Germany

• Denmark

• Holland

Beowulf is the national epic of what country?

• England

• Scandinavia

• Denmark

• Holland