pgs 18-21 and 28-31 in lit book revised notes

Question 1

anglo saxon period also known as the

Answer 1

dark ages

Question 2

what was the main land during the anglo saxon period

Answer 2

british isles

Question 3

how long did the anglo saxon period last

Answer 3

449-1066

Question 4

who lived on the british isle

Answer 4

britons

Question 5

literature was recorded how

Answer 5

orally

Question 6

roman latin influences came from

Answer 6

monks and Christianity

Question 7

The ______ left but the _____ stayed

Answer 7

romans,

monks

Question 8

briton leader ____ tried to stop invasions

Answer 8

king arthur

Question 9

name one germanic tribe

Answer 9

Angles

Question 10

england was known as

Answer 10

angle-land

Question 11

life spans were

Answer 11

short

Question 12

another word for fate that’s not controlled

Answer 12

wyrd

Question 13

build a monastery in canterbury

Answer 13

augustine

Question 14

Scandinavian influences increased ddue to

Answer 14

danish invasions

Question 15

who restored order in england

Answer 15

alfred the great

Question 16

who came with the norman conquests

Answer 16

william the conqueror

Question 17

tone of poems back then

Answer 17

bleak, hostile, fatalistic

Question 18

riddles have

Answer 18

humor

Question 19

consolation of fatalism

Answer 19

fame, glory, reputation

Question 20

commitatus is a big

Answer 20

theme in beowulf

Question 21

where the king will give back to his followers

Answer 21

commitatus

Question 22

a thane is a

Answer 22

king who gives gold/ mead hall

Question 23

the sea give beowulf ____

Answer 23

opprutunity to spread fame to other places

Question 24

oldest published book

Answer 24

exeter

Question 25

two history books

Answer 25

Bede’s history and Anglo- Saxon chronicle

Question 26

epic story with ____

Answer 26

muses