Anglo-Saxon History and Literature Quiz

Old English is also referred to as:

• Anglo-Frisian

• Middle English

• Anglo-Saxon

• Norse English

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Who were the earliest inhabitants of England?

• Romans

• Celts

• Anglo-Saxons

• Normans

What major event influenced the Anglo-Saxons’ path toward civilization?

• The Norman Conquest

• Conversion to Christianity

• The Hundred Years War

• Arrival of the Romans

The dialect used in most surviving Old English literature is:

• Mercian

• Northumbrian

• Kentish

• West Saxon

What year marks the writing down of Beowulf?

• 700

• 871

• 1000

• 1340

Which event occurred in 1215?

• Birth of Chaucer

• Signing of the Magna Carta

• Beginning of the Hundred Years War

• Norman Conquest

Beowulf is celebrated as the earliest:

• English poem on biblical themes

• Epic in Anglo-Saxon literature

• Prose work in Latin

• Historical chronicle

Which type of meter has the pattern of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable?

• Iambic

• Trochaic

• Anapestic

• Dactylic

The following are the composite races of English tribe except _______.

• Saxons

• Celts

• Welsh

• Danes

American literature started in the:

• 9th century

• 10th century

• 15th century

• 17th century