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WorksheetsAnglo-Saxons csg
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Anglo-Saxon period began in
a)
449 AD
b)
448 BC
c)
450 AD
d)
451 BC
2.
The first people to inhabit what today is Britain were the
a)
Angles
b)
Britons
c)
Jutes
d)
Vikings
3.
The tribes that invaded the Britons and conquered them were the:
a)
Jutes
b)
Romans
c)
Angle-Saxons
d)
Norse
4.
The Angle -Saxons were a ____tribe that lasted until 1066.
a)
Roman
b)
Germanic
c)
Welsh
d)
Danish
5.
The Angle-Saxons resisted invasions from the Vikings, and they called them
a)
Normans
b)
Jutes
c)
Saxons
d)
Danes
6.
Many basic American traditions like____ come from the Anglo-Saxons
a)
clothing
b)
code of law
c)
music
d)
construction
7.
____ was considered the first English religious poet.
a)
Beowulf
b)
St. Augustine
c)
Caedmon
d)
Alfred the Great
8.
An Anglo-Saxon poet was called
a)
kenning
b)
scop
c)
caesura
d)
alliteration
9.
The ____and elegiac traditions are the two most important in Anglo-Saxon poetry.
a)
heroic
b)
idelist
c)
commoner
d)
kings
10.
The History of the English Church and People was written by
a)
Caedmon
b)
Bede
c)
St. Augustine
d)
St Patrick
11.
Alfred the Great promoted the use of English and he formulated the ____ and created the English public schools
a)
code of civility
b)
code of writting
c)
code of law
d)
code of dressing
12.
In Epic poetry, the deeds of the hero required superhuman
a)
courage
b)
beauty
c)
intelligence
d)
riches
13.
Epic poetry is written in
a)
verse
b)
prose
c)
argument
d)
persuasion
14.
Descriptions of someone or something using two words are
a)
scops
b)
caesura
c)
kennings
d)
alliterations
15.
A pause in the middle of a line in Epic poetry is called
a)
kenning
b)
caesura
c)
alliteration
d)
scops
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