Beowulf

Question 1

Who converted Ireland to Christianity

Answer 1

St. Patrick

Question 2

Who created the epic poem Beowulf?

Answer 2

Anonymous

Question 3

Who ensured the survival of the poem/story?

Answer 3

Monks

Question 4

What were the religious beliefs of the original author?

Answer 4

Animism

Question 5

What were the religious beliefs of the person(s) who wrote the story?

Answer 5

Catholic Christians

Question 6

What was the significance of the bards/scops?

Answer 6

Their ability to recite poems was as important a skill as fighting.

Question 7

First group to take over England?

Answer 7

Celts- 300s BC

Question 8

Second group to take over England?

Answer 8

Romans- 55 BC

Question 9

Third group to take over England?

Answer 9

Angles/Saxons/Jutes- 449 AD

Question 10

Fourth group to take over England?

Answer 10

Germanic Tribes- 476 AD

Question 11

Fifth group to take over England?

Answer 11

Vikings- 793 AD

Question 12

Sixth group to take over England?

Answer 12

Normans- 1066 AD

Question 13

Who is credited for unifying England as a country, and how did he do it?

Answer 13

King Alfred of Wessex/Alfred the Great by leading the Anglo-Saxons against the invading Danes.

Question 14

Beowulf

Answer 14

protagonist, saves the Danes by defeating Grendel and Grendel’s mother, becomes king of the Geats, rules for fifty years, dies while fighting a dragon