Anglo-Saxon History and Literature Quiz

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

Old English is also referred to as:

• Anglo-Frisian

• Middle English

• Anglo-Saxon

• Norse English

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

Who is credited as the first English prose writer?

• Alfred the Great

• Bede

• Aldhelm

• Cynewulf

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle began under the patronage of which ruler?

• Alfred the Great

• William the Conqueror

• King Arthur

• King Edward

Beowulf is celebrated as the earliest:

• English poem on biblical themes

• Epic in Anglo-Saxon literature

• Prose work in Latin

• Historical chronicle

Which Anglo-Saxon work illustrates the melancholy of the sea?

• Beowulf

• Widsith

• The Seafarer

• Waldera