OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE

The most important influences on Old English literature were ....... and ......

• the Anglo-Saxons

• the Vikings

• the Celts

• Christian traditions

The elements that provided a foundation for early written literature were......, ....... and .......

• the accounts of battles

• the Germanic language

• the religion

• none of them

Old English at the Anglo-Saxon time...

• looks similar to modern English

• shares some similarity to present-day English

• looks like a foreign language

Anglo-Saxon storytellers created...

• stories of monsters and dragons

• stories of fights and legends of heroes

• songs and stories of bravery and loyalty

• accounts of banquets of their rulers

The oral tradition of songs and tales became the major entertainment for Anglo-Saxons since

................ and ...................

• they gathered at large banquets

• they were performed in the streets

• they were transmitted through generations

• they were illiterate

To the Anglo-Saxons heroic literature implied ................. and ...................

• a way of entertainment

• a model for living

• an inspiration to become inmortalized

• a religious commitment

Christianity spread through Anglo-Saxon England...

• the establisment of monasteries

• the importance of the Bible

• the development of schools and libraries

• All of them

• None of them

The work of monks resulted in ...

• the preservatio of old English literature

• the destruction of AngloSaxon´s beliefs

• spread of the Latin language

• modernization of English literature

Old English manuscripts contain........ , ........... and .............

• religious teachings

• evil monsters

• nostalgic poems

• heroic verses

Beowulf contains....

• heroic verses

• religious verses

• mournful verses

• all three