60 MCQs on Old English literature | Anglo-Saxon period
Multiple choice question on old English literature|| Anglo-Saxon period
1. Who is the founder of old English?
Germanic tribes known as Angels, saxons and jutes
2.Who were the saxons?
German-Dutch
3.Who were the Angles?
Southern Danish
4.Who were the Jutes?
Northern Dennis
5. When did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain?
During the second half on the 5th century
6. When did the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain?
AD 410 and AD 1066
7. Who was repeatedly attacking England at that time?
Picts
8. What did the Anglo-Saxon call Britain?
Anglo Land ( now the England)
9. What skills did the Anglo-Saxons bring to Britain?
Hunting, farming, cloth (textile) and leather working
10. Who were known as the Anglo-Saxons?
Old English language, literature (Angul-Seaxan)
11. What gods do Anglo-Saxons believe in?
Tiw, Woden, Thor and Frig
12. What religions for Anglo-Saxons for kids?
Pagans when they arrived in Britain but become Christians
13. What are the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxons England?
(1) Northumbia (2) Mercia (3) Wessex (4) Sussex (5) Kent (6) Essex (7) East Anglia
14. How many dialects were spoken in this seven kingdoms?
The Kentish, The Mercian, The Northumbrian
15. The kentish language was spoken by ......
Jutes
16.What kingdoms were in England in 750 AD?
Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex
17.Why did Anglo-Saxons and jutes come to Britain?
Fertilized land
18.Where did Anglo-Saxons settle in Britain?
Mostly in south and East
19.Where did the jutes settle in Britain?
Kent
20. When did Romans come to Britain?
Julius Caesar sailed to Britain in 55 BC
21. How did the Saxons come to Britain?
By boat
22. Where did Anglo originate form?
Southern Danish
23. Where did the Saxons originate?
German and Dutch
24. Where did the Jutes originate?
Northern Danish
25. Who spread period Christianity in Anglo-Saxon period?
St. Augustine
26. What is the name of the wall that constructed by Romans to protect them from Picts and Scots?
Hadrian's well
27. One of the earliest poem in English literature.
Beowulf
28. One of the oldest surviving written text in English literature?
Caedmon's Hymn
29. The dream of the road is written in:
9th century
30. Where was the king author the most legendary king ?
Celtic king
31. Which direct did King Alfred adopt in his work?
West Saxon
32.What are the name of four major poetic manuscript ?
(1) Junius menuscript. (2) Exeter book
(3) Vercelli Book. (4) Beowulf menuscript
33. Roman left England after the invasion of which country .
Germanic invaders (407 AD)
34. Who was the last great Celtic ruler in England?
King Arthur
35. Only English king ever to have been called 'the Great'.
King Alfred
36. Who was built a border between Wales and England?
Offa
37. Who was known as "Matter of Britain"?
King Arthur
38. What century did king arthur belong to?
5-6th Century B.C
39. Who did captured London from the Vikings and covered their leader Guthrum to Christianity?
King Alfred the great
40. What was King Alfred other than a great ruler?
Translator
41.Manuscript of Anglo-Saxon period has a collection of 95 riddles?
The Exeter book
42. What is the name of the place where the vikings ruled?
Danelow
43. Alfred become the king of Wessex?
871 AD
44. Who built sea and Indian Navy in English first time?
King Alfred
45. Which dialect did King Alfred adopt?
West Saxon
46. What kind of work is the exeter book?
Anthology
47. Which language was mostly used in Old English literature?
German language
48.Who is called the father of old English poetry?
Caedmon
49. When did the Anglo Saxon rule end?
Norman Conquest
50.Which poetry device was popular during Anglo Saxon period?
Alliteration
51. Which work is called the National Epic of England?
Beowulf
52. Who translate Bede's history into English?
King Alfred (written Latin language)
53. Who were the story-teller in Anglo-Saxons period?
Scopes
54. Who is called the "Father of English history"?
Bede
55. Who is the"Father of English religions poetry "?
Caedmon
56. Which Maine scripts of Anglo section period contain biblical paraphrase?
Junius
57. What is bewolf about-
The adventure of Beowulf
58. Who is the monster in this poem-
Grendel
59. The Dream of the Rood is written in -
9th Century
60. A remarkable map of the world is included in the text -
The wonders of the East in Nowell Codex
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