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WorksheetsL&L The Birth of a Nation
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The patron saint ot Scotland is_____
St George
St Andrew
St David
St Patrick
The Scottish first name Ian is _____
the Welsh Jew
the English John
the Irish Sean
the American Jack
Which of the following dialects are spoken in Great Britain?
Welsh
Scots
Cockney
Irish Gaelic
The name of the most famous Celtic woman warrior is (a)
Which of the following sentences about the Celts is not true?
Their society was organised in clans.
Their religion was pantheistic
They made copper weapons
They lived in hill forts
The very first Roman invader was_____
Nero
Julius Caesar
Hadrian
Claudius
Hadrian's Wall was built in
54 B.C.
43 A.D.
121 A.D.
43 B.C.
Angles, Saxons and Jutes began their invasion in___
the first half of the 5th century
the second half of the 5th century
the first half of the 4th century
the second half of the 4th century
Which of the following was not an Anglo-Saxon kingdom?
Northumbria
Essex
Strathclyde
Mercia
The first historian of Britain was (a)
The Vikings started invading in
600
700
800
900
1000
Old English is a phase of the English language which goes from the first invasions to (a)
Old English epic singers were called (a)
Old English singers of tales were called (a)
Beowulf is
a lyric
a collection of heroic tales
an epic poem
a ballad
a play
One of the technical devices employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry is (a)
Which technical device is employed in this line from Beowulf? "Over the swan-road to seek the king"
allitteration
kenning
riddle
Which technical device is used in this line from Beowulf? "Billows were breaking, sea against sand"
allitteration
kenning
riddle
Beowul may have been composed in_____
the 8th century
the 9th century
the 10th century
the 11th century
If Beowulf were reborn in Europe nowadays, he would be_____
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
German
British
