Anglo-Saxon Period Quiz

The Anglo-Saxon period in Britain lasted from around _______________ AD.

• 200 to 320
• 449 to 1066
• 1066 to 1500
• 1500 to 1766

The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes were _____________ tribes that invaded Britain.

• French
• Danish
• Germanic
• Spanish

The Anglo-Saxons spoke ______________.

• German
• Modern English
• Middle English
• Old English

This term refers to the compensation paid to the family of a victim for loss with the purpose of preventing a blood feud.

• wygold
• weregild
• weyer
• wyrd

Anglo-Saxon storytellers were called scops; another term for scop is __________.

Who invaded Britain in 1066, marking the end of the Anglo-Saxon period?

• Germans
• Jutes
• Normans
• Danes

Days of the week in English come from the names of Anglo-Saxon _________________.

• literature
• gods/goddesses
• kings
• clergymen

Beowulf was probably written down at some point during the ____________ centuries.

• 2nd and 4th
• 6th and 8th
• 8th and 11th
• 12th and 15th

There is only one surviving manuscript of Beowulf.

• True
• False

The _________ alphabet is the predecessor of our modern-day English alphabet.

• Germanic
• French
• runic
• hieroglyphic