Chapter 1

Question 1

The repetition of an idea in different words with the same grammatical form.

Answer 1

Variation

Question 2

The expression of an idea in a round about, more eloquent way

Answer 2

Periphrastic Epithet

Question 3

A metaphoric compound of two words such as whalepath for sea

Answer 3

Kenning

Question 4

A long stylize narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national hero;

Answer 4

Epic

Question 5

Instruction in literature

Answer 5

Didactic

Question 6

A standard type or category of literature

Answer 6

Genres

Question 7

People who settled in France

Answer 7

Northmen

Question 8

England received a new nobility and strongly centralized fuedal administration from this

Answer 8

Conquest of 1066

Question 9

Primary language of the upper class

Answer 9

French

Question 10

The new religious faith

Answer 10

Roman Catholicism

Question 11

Ecclesiatical Rule is reflected today in its organization with its archbishops of Canterbury and York, and lower-level clergy

Answer 11

Anglican Church

Question 12

Most notable is this influence

Answer 12

Grammatical

Question 13

They, them, and their replaced their Old English equivalents in the English system

Answer 13

Scandinavian Pronouns

Question 14

Who displaced English as the language of the ruling class and of the nation’s business

Answer 14

French

Question 15

The introduction of this by the Roman missionaries gave English not only some additional vocabulary but also a new alphabet

Answer 15

Latin

Question 16

Became the written as well as the spoken language

Answer 16

Old English

Question 17

England acquired another language

Answer 17

Latin

Question 18

Latin became the language of these three

Answer 18

Church, diplomacy and scholarship

Question 19

These people ravaged English monasteries

Answer 19

Viking marauders

Question 20

Alfred had to import scholars to teach this to his noblemen and administrative assistants

Answer 20

Latin

Question 21

Who began a program of translating Latin works into English, his West Saxon dialect

Answer 21

Alfred the Great

Question 22

Alfred’s concern for an educated leadership is responsible for the fact that most Old English literature has come down to us in this dialect

Answer 22

West Saxon

Question 23

Both statement and of situation, the fondness for riddles

Answer 23

Irony

Question 24

What is the oldest surviving poem written in Old English

Answer 24

Caedmon

Question 25

He was called the Venerable because of his reputation for piety and scholarship

Answer 25

Bede

Question 26

This person is well versed in Greek, Latin, Native Old English, and possibly Hebrew

Answer 26

Bede

Question 27

A Benedictine monk who spent most of his life in monasteries of Jarrow and Wearmouth

Answer 27

Bede

Question 28

He wrote works on grammar, rhetoric astronomy, homiletics, history, theology and other learned subjects

Answer 28

Bede

Question 29

The purpose of this story was to chart the spread of Christianity through England from Roman time to Present

Answer 29

History

Question 30

Christianity was also known as

Answer 30

Catholicism

Question 31

The doctrine of salvation by grace through faith was largely lost to the Middle Ages

Answer 31

Ephesians 2:8-9

Question 32

This had to be supported by works

Answer 32

Faith

Question 33

Grace was conferred by this

Answer 33

Sacraments

Question 34

This came through penance

Answer 34

Foregiveness of Sin

Question 35

A Process involving a punishment set by the priest

Answer 35

Penance

Question 36

Bede tells the story of Caedmon, who was inspired by divine vision to versify sacred history

Answer 36

Ecclesiastical History

Question 37

He was a strong critic of moral decline in the English church but also defended beliefs and traditions of Catholicism

Answer 37

Bede

Question 38

Is a source of information of the Anglo Saxons

Answer 38

The Ecclesiastical History

Question 39

three basic philosophical questions alluded to by Edwin's counselors deal with these subjects

Answer 39

origin, meaning and destiny

Question 40

the example of the sparrow flying through the room shows that:

Answer 40

live is short

Question 41

the subject is creation

Answer 41

Caedmon's Hymm

Question 42

Epics are generally not written today because these have replaced them

Answer 42

Novels

Question 43

The notion of the anti hero has become popular because most people tend to lack of this in the ideal virtue

Answer 43

Faith

Question 44

Irony, alliteration, and variation are all forms of this

Answer 44

Poetry

Question 45

The oldest surviving English hymm

Answer 45

Caedmon

Question 46

He was an outstanding European scholar of his age

Answer 46

Bede

Question 47

The setting of Beowolf is

Answer 47

Denmark and Sweden

Question 48

Reflects old country origins

Answer 48

Beowolf

Question 49

Beowolf is this style of writing

Answer 49

Epic Poetry

Question 50

Beowolf was written by whom?

Answer 50

Unknown

Question 51

Fate

Answer 51

Wyrd

Question 52

Beowolf is the type of poem that has this structure

Answer 52

Circular

Question 53

Beowolf begins and ends with what?

Answer 53

A funeral of an old king

Question 54

Who is the "Giver of Treasure"

Answer 54

King of Horthgar

Question 55

Beowolf was produce during what period

Answer 55

Old English

Question 56

What is the main theme of Beowolf?

Answer 56

That the continuance of civilization requires virtue heros

Question 57

What two virtues does Beowolf have?

Answer 57

Generosity and Fortitude

Question 58

Who is the offspring of Can

Answer 58

Grendel

Question 59

The main purpose of Beowolf would be to...

Answer 59

Entertain

Question 60

Why are the danes being assaulted by Grendel?

Answer 60

Because of the sin of pride

Question 61

What is the Anglo Saxon's belief

Answer 61

All Men Must Die

Question 62

Who is the national army

Answer 62

Fyrd

Question 63

By the 4th century the Anglo-Saxons filled the vacuum of what departing solders?

Answer 63

Romans

Question 64

The Anglo-Saxons established their own rule in numerous small

Answer 64

Kingdoms of England

Question 65

Viking tribes had settled in parts of England and the country was divided into what two parts

Answer 65

Southern and Western

Question 66

Vikings were subject to what law

Answer 66

Saxon

Question 67

The Anglo-Saxon minstresl are known as this

Answer 67

Scops

Question 68

The literature of the Anglo Saxons consisted of what tradition

Answer 68

Oral

Question 69

Epic poetry was recited to entertain both of whom

Answer 69

Nobles and Peasants

Question 70

Who was victorious at the Battle of Brunanburgh

Answer 70

Alfred's grandson, Aethelstan

Question 71

Numerous laws remained in placed int he Eastern countries under the rule of what Anglo Saxon King

Answer 71

Alfred the Great

Question 72

What language is a living language, rich, expressive and constantly adjusting to accommodate the changing world in which we live in

Answer 72

English

Question 73

The language descended primarily from the Germanic branch of an ancient family of languages called

Answer 73

Indo European

Question 74

This original language was radically shaped and molded into what we now call Old English by the successive conquests of Britain that occurred from the original time until 1066

Answer 74

Celtic

Question 75

Who invaded Britain and introduced numerous Latin words that ultimately entered the Celtic language

Answer 75

Julius Caesar

Question 76

The Anglo-Saxons from Europe and the Jutes from Denmark sparked a major change int he language spoken in

Answer 76

Britain

Question 77

This language was re-introduced into the developing language when the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity

Answer 77

Latin

Question 78

All the new invaders spoke a dialect of Germanic, Celtic, Latin, Norse and Gothic to become this

Answer 78

Old English

Question 79

The dialect spoken by the Germanic invaders became known as this and preceded the English we speak today

Answer 79

Angleish

Question 80

Who invade and ultimately conquered Britain, marking the end of the Anglo Saxon era and heralded major changes in the development of the English language

Answer 80

William the Conqueror

Question 81

The history of the development of the English language can be divided into three periods

Answer 81

Old English, Middle English and Modern English

Question 82

This language developed during the period 449-1066

Answer 82

Old English

Question 83

This language developed during the period 1066 until the early 1500's

Answer 83

Middle English

Question 84

This language is what we speak today

Answer 84

Modern English

Question 85

Water is both a blessing and a curse

Answer 85

Iceberg

Question 86

What are 4 riddles

Answer 86

Shield, Bookworm, Weathervane, and Iceberg

Question 87

The recurrence of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby stressed syllables

Answer 87

Alliteration

Question 88

A complete metrical analysis of a poem also includes the identification

Answer 88

Caesura

Question 89

The giving of personal characteristics to something that is not a person

Answer 89

Personification

Question 90

Originally any poem of solemn meditation

Answer 90

Elegiac Poetry

Question 91

Traditionally a short, melodic, personally expressive poem

Answer 91

Lyric poetry