Anglo Saxon Period {CN}

Question 1

Anglo Saxon Age also called the ________ _______

Answer 1

Dark ages

Question 2

Start date of the Anglo Saxon age

Answer 2

449

Question 3

British literature includes

Answer 3

England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland

Question 4

Wergeld:

Answer 4

Man-money price

Question 5

Posse comitatus:

Answer 5

Band of brothers

All for one and one for all

Question 6

Carpe Diem

Answer 6

Seize the day

Question 7

Mead hall

Answer 7

Gather for meetings and get drunk off of honey beer
Gather before and after a hunt
Tent or castle

Question 8

Scop

Answer 8

Main historian/entertainer/ teacher/ traveler in the mead hall
Memorize all history and tell them in stories

Question 9

Wyrd

Answer 9

Fate

“ that which has become”

Question 10

Hadrians wall

Answer 10

Built 122-130 ad
73 miles across open country
Control system and used to keep watch

Question 11

Beasts of battle

Answer 11

-superstitions of death- clean up battlefield-
Raven
Wolf
Hawk
Eagle

Question 12

Favorite literary styles

Answer 12

-dealt with valor, loyalty, honor to ones lord 
Allegory (meaningful story)
Debates
Drama (reenacting battles)
Ballad (song)

Question 13

Poetic devices

Answer 13

Kenning
Alliteration
Caesura

Question 14

Kenning:

Answer 14

metaphorical phrase or compound word used instead of a noun

Question 15

Alliteration:

Answer 15

When 2 or more words in a close proximity have the same beginning sounds

Question 16

Caesura:

Answer 16

A pause for effect in a story