History of English Intro Quiz

Put a circle around the area that the Angles and the Saxons came from

What year did William Caxton introduce the printing press to Britain?

Who were occupying the British Isles prior to the invasion of the Romans.

• The Jutes

• The Angles

• The Anglo-Saxons

• The Celts

Which of these tribes did NOT come from group of Germanic tribes that invaded

• Angles

• Vikings

• Saxons

• Jutes

Who invaded BEFORE the Normans (1066) and AFTER the Danelaw Germanic tribes in 450AD?

The word 'Essex' comes from the name of which Saxon Kingdom.

• West Saxons

• East Saxons

• East Anglia

• Angle-Land

When the Romans left in 410AD, the mix of languages on the British Isles was Celtic languages and...

• French

• German

• English

• Latin

How many words were borrowed from French after the invasion of William the Conqueror?

The period of English between 400AD and 1150AD is known as

• Latin

• Old English

• Ye Olde Englishe

• Early English

The period of English following the Norman invasion of 1066 is known as...

• Old English

• Early English

• Early Modern English

• Middle English