Literature Quiz

In Morte Darthur, what happened when the sword Excalibur was thrown into the water?

What selection has the subject of the hour of death?

Who wrote Ecclesiastical History of the English People?

• Bede

• Chaucer

• Shakespeare

• Milton

In Beowulf, who was the last enemy that Beowulf slays?

What is the greatest Anglo-Saxon poem?

• Beowulf

• The Seafarer

• The Wanderer

• The Dream of the Rood

strong metaphorical expression

• accent

• caesura

• kenning

stresses certain syllables or words

• accent

• caesura

• kenning

a pause or break in a line of poetry

• accent

• caesura

• kenning

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• William Shakespeare

• John Milton

• Jane Austen

Who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

• J.R.R. Tolkien

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• The Pearl Poet

• William Shakespeare