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Quiz on Anglo-Saxon Literature

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Old English name for England?

(a)  

2.

What is considered to be the oldest existing literary work of the Anglo-Saxons?

(a)  

3.

Who is the father of English literature?

(a)  

4.

It was an idealized system of manners and morals during the middles ages.

(a)  

5.

Chivalric ideals include politeness, brotherly love, and (a)   .

6.

It is a lyric poem with a number of repeating stanzas written to be set to music in either vocal performance or with accompaniment of musical instruments.

(a)  

7.

It is another term for homily meant to give spiritual moral instruction.

(a)  

8.

It is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral, religious or political one.

(a)  

9.

It is a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

(a)  

10.

This term means that there is no end rhyme occurring from line or more specifically poetry with unrhymed iambic pentameter lines.

(a)  

11.

It is a break in a line of poetry. These breaks can be formed by the natural gaps and pauses in speech and can also be marked by punctuation.

(a)  

12.

It is the repetition of a consonant sound within the line of poetry.

(a)  

13.

It is a combination of two words to create an evocative and imaginative alternative sound.

(a)  

14.

The name of the monster that Beowulf defeated with his bare hands.

(a)  

15.

The type of sonnet which is divided into two stanzas, the octave and the sestet. It follows the rhyme scheme pattern abba abba, cdecde or cdcdcd.

(a)