Intro To The Anglo- Saxon Period

Question 1

In what year did the Anglo- Saxon period begin?

Answer 1

449

Question 2

In what year did the Anglo- Saxon period end?

Answer 2

1066

Question 3

What is the Anglo- Saxon period also known as?

Answer 3

The Dark Ages

Question 4

Name the first early invader of Britain.

Answer 4

Romans

Question 5

Name the second early six invaders of Britain.

Answer 5

Jutes

Question 6

Name the third early invader of Britain.

Answer 6

Angles

Question 7

Name the fourth early invader of Britain.

Answer 7

Saxons

Question 8

Name the fifth early invader of Britain.

Answer 8

Danes

Question 9

Name the sixth early invader of Britain

Answer 9

Norman’s.

Question 10

What language evolved out of the invaders different languages?

Answer 10

Old English.

Question 11

How many words do we believe were Old English?

Answer 11

25,000

Question 12

What King of England “swore the throne to his French cousin?”

Answer 12

Edward the Confessor

Question 13

What French King led the Norman invasion of Britain?

Answer 13

William the Clnqueror

Question 14

What battle ended the Norman conquest and subsequently the Anglo- Saxon period?

Answer 14

The Battle of Hastings

Question 15

On what exact date was William the Conqueror crowned King of England?

Answer 15

December 25th, 1066

Question 16

What does the word wyrd mean in modern English?

Answer 16

Fate

Question 17

Who is known as the first English religious poet?

Answer 17

Caedmon of Whitby

Question 18

What King of England encouraged the English language rather than Latin?

Answer 18

Alfred the Great

Question 19

What was a scop?

Answer 19

Professional poets

Question 20

What is a stock epithet?

Answer 20

Compound adjectives

Question 21

What is a Kenning?

Answer 21

Descriptive phrase or compound word

Question 22

Name the three criteria of the Heroic Tradition.

Answer 22

1. Battle between good and evil
2. Superhuman feats of valor
3. Loyalty to ones King or leader

Question 23

Explain the Elegiac Tradition.

Answer 23

Mourns the passing of earlier better times.

Question 24

What is the name of the first English history book?

Answer 24

A History of the English Church and people.

Question 25

Who wrote the first English history book?

Answer 25

The Venerable Bede

Question 26

Give one example of Latin’s influence on Old English.

Answer 26

Altare

Question 27

Give one example of Old Norse’s influence on Old English.

Answer 27

Skor

Question 28

Give one example of the Norman influence on Old English.

Answer 28

Porc (pork)