Old & Middle English | Beowulf | Hymn

Period during which Old English extended...

• 350 - 1200 CE

• 400 - 1100 CE

• 450 - 1150 CE

The main dialects in OE period were:

• Northumbrian, East Saxon, South Mercian and West Kentish.

• West Saxon, Mercian, Kentish and Nordic.

• South Mercian, Northumbrian and West Saxon.

• West Saxon, Northumbrian, Mercian and Kentish.

Which among the following belong to Germanic tribes? Click all that apply.

• Angles

• Celts

• Saxons

• Jutes

What is type of literary device is used in Beowulf?

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Anagram

• Alliteration

Beowulf is similar in structure to Caedmon's Hymn because of the _____ verse and use of _____. However, it's different because it's really long, and is classified as _____ instead of a poem.

• blank; caesura; an epic

• alliterative; caesura; an epic

• alliterative; hyperbole; a novel

• blank; caesura; a novel

Why is Old English difficult for contemporary people to read?

• Because works written in Old English have radically different approaches to description.

• Because it's essentially a foreign language.

• Because it's difficult to find examples of work written in Old English.

• Because works written in Old English have radically different approaches to dialogue

What is alliterative verse?

• words in the same line start with the same letter

• break, pause

• using metaphors

What are the names of the 3 Germanic tribes?

• Vikings

  Angles

  Jutes

• Romans

  Angles

  Saxons

• Vikings

  Danish

  Jutes

• Angles

  Saxons

  Jutes

What is another name/word for Old English?

• Gaelic

• Germanic

• Celtic

• Anglo-Saxon

The Old English period ended with what event?

• Norman Conquest

• Crusades

• Black Death

• Peasant's Revolt

• establishment of Parliament