Quiz

1. During the Old English Period, who invaded Britannia (Great Britain)?
A. The Jutes
B. The Angles and the Saxons
C. All of These
D. The Danes / Scandinavians


2. Who was the legendary literary figure said to have resisted the Germanic invaders/mercenaries?

A. Hrothgar
B. Alfred the Great
C. King Arthur
D. Joseph of Arimethea


3. For many years, there was no native literature in England. What changed that?
A. The Romans established schools of literacy
B. The island became largely Christian
C. The Germanic invaders brought a literary tradition
D. The Druids recorded their religious histories


4. Whose "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" recounts the story of the Church in England?
A. St. Jerome's
B. Venerable Bede's
C. St. Augustine's
D. King Ethelbert's


5. What Old English poem tells the story of resistance against a Scandinavian raid?
A. The Battle of Maldon
B. Beowulf
C. Caedmon's Hymn
D. The Dream of the Rood


6. What king of the West Saxons supported literature, even translating Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy"?
A. King Henry
B. King Alfred
C. King Ethelbert
D. King Arthur


7. Bede tells the story of an unlearned cowherd who instituted a school of Christian poetry. Who was he?
A. Hrothgar
B. Caedmon
C. Beowulf
D. Heglac


8. The author who wrote down "Beowulf" was probably a:
A. Christian
B. Roman Pagan
C. Celtic Pagan
D. Danish Pagan


9. Who is "the young hero" of the poem "The Dream of the Rood"?
A. Hrothgar
B. Beowulf
C. Jesus Christ
D. King Arthur


10. Which of the following is an example of a kenning?
A. Swift sword
B. Triumph-tree
C. Keel
D. Wyrd

11. Where does this quote come from? "Then middle-earth, mankind's Guardian, eternal Lord, afterwards made."
A. The Lord of the Rings
B. The Battle of Maldon
C. Beowulf
D. Caedmon's Hymn


12. From what work does this quote come? "Wonderful was the triumph-tree, and I stained with sins, wounded with wrongdoings."
A. Beowulf
B. The Wanderer
C. The Battle of Maldon
D. The Dream of the Rood


13. What work begins, "Yes, we have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes' kings in the old days--how the princes of that people did brave deeds."
A. The Dream of the Rood
B. Beowulf
C. The Battle of Maldon
D. The Wanderer


14. What work contains the characters Birhtnoth and Ethelred?
A. Beowulf
B. The Wanderer
C. The Dream of the Rood
D. The Battle of Maldon


15. In "Beowulf," what is wergild?
A. Fate
B. Whale-road
C. Monster
D. Blood-price