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Anglo Saxon's and Beowulf Introduction

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What time period was Beowulf written in?

a)

Anglo Saxon

b)

Olden Times

c)

Druid

d)

Viking

2.

Who was living in England before the Anglo Saxon's?

a)

Germans & Romans

b)

Celts & Romans

c)

Angles and Jutes

d)

British

3.

Who were often the leaders of the Celts; they were Pagan Priests.

a)

Anglo Saxon Warriors

b)

Kings

c)

Druids

d)

Beowulf

4.

What language is English closest related to?

a)

British English

b)

Celtic

c)

German

d)

English

5.

The repetition of initial consonant sound.

a)

kenning

b)

onomonopia

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

6.

What religion were the Romans who lived in England?

a)

Pagan

b)

No Religion

c)

Romanists

d)

Christians

7.

What religion were Anglo Saxons?

a)

Christian

b)

Catholic

c)

Pagan

d)

Druid

8.

Who were the 3 tribes who made up the Anglo Saxons?

a)

The Angles, The Druids, The Saxons

b)

The Angles, The Romans, The Druids

c)

The Angles, The Saxons, The Jutes

d)

British, Scottish, Irish

9.

What type of work is Beowulf?

a)

Play

b)

Book

c)

Epic Poem

d)

none of these are correct

10.

Who was at the top of the Anglo Saxon hierarchy?

a)

warriors

b)

the king

c)

the royal family

d)

the commoners

11.

The Romans left behind these things in England when they left:

a)

Ships & Gold

b)

Technology & Inventions

c)

Roads, Towns, & Christianity

d)

Campsites & Ships

12.

Before Beowulf was written down, it was an ____________ that got passed along by the Anglo Saxons.

a)

oral tale

b)

awesome story

c)

poem

d)

campfire legend

13.

This place is where the king lives, guests are brought to party, fest, drink, and tell tales.

a)

the palace

b)

the mead hall

c)

the empire

d)

the hall of warriors

14.

This word, wyrd, means human choice has little impact on their life's outcome. Whatever is going to be, has already been decided by the Gods.

a)

Wyrdless

b)

Fate

c)

Heroia

d)

Anglo Fated

15.

What is the main difference between the Pagan and Christianity?

a)

Christians love their people

b)

Pagans can go to Heaven

c)

Pagans have many Gods

d)

Christians are sacrificial back then

16.

Where are the Anglo Saxons from?

a)

Scandinavia

b)

England

c)

Germany

d)

Britannia

17.

Epic heroes are typically the main character in epic poems. They have these traits:

a)

Live for glory, super strength, loyal

b)

frustrated, flawed, evil

c)

secretive, motivational, brains

d)

loving, happy, heroic

18.

Saying, "the man who has come to save us from across the sea" instead of "Beowulf" is an example of:

a)

alliteration

b)

onomonopia

c)

kenning

d)

caesura