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Anglo-Saxon Background Review 2nd Period HW

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  • Q1
    What are the date of the Anglo-Saxon period?
    449-1066
    660-1100
    1000-2000
    500-995
    30s
  • Q2
    What is another name for the Anglo-Saxon period?
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  • Q3
    What was the name given to England by the Anglo-Saxons?
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  • Q4
    Who was the greatest Anglo-Saxon king?
    Bede
    Alfred
    Edward
    William
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  • Q5
    __ defeated the Britons but never established a settlement.
    Augustus Caesar
    William the Conqueror
    Edward the Confessor
    Julius Caesar
    30s
  • Q6
    What was the favorite topic of Anglo-Saxon literature?
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    30s
  • Q7
    Poetry that laments the death of loved ones and loss of the past is _____ poetry.
    ballad
    heroic
    elegiac
    wandering
    30s
  • Q8
    England was converted to Christianity mostly through the efforts of _____.
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  • Q9
    What is the name of the only surviving book containing Anglo-Saxon riddles?
    Ecclesiastical History
    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
    The Exeter Book
    Anglo-Saxon Riddle Book
    30s
  • Q10
    "Whale-path" and "swimming-wood" are examples of what literary device?
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  • Q11
    Each of the following groups of people contributed many words to the English language during the Anglo-Saxon Age EXCEPT _____.
    Romans
    Greeks
    Saxons
    Vikings
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  • Q12
    Anglo-Saxon intellectual puzzle
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    30s
  • Q13
    List the 3 kingdoms the Angles established.
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    30s
  • Q14
    Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of a scop?
    Providing entertainment
    Helping a warrior achieve "immortality"
    Defending the clan
    Keeping tribal history
    30s
  • Q15
    Between 800 and 600 B.C., on which British Isle did the Gaels settle?
    Ireland
    Jutland
    Britain
    Scotland
    30s

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