Quiz 1 Review

Question 0

What time period was Beowulf in?

Answer 0

750 - 800 AD

Question 1

When and what was the Anglo-Saxon Period?

Answer 1

449-1066 AD

Beginning of English language.

Question 2

Describe the Iberians.

Answer 2

They went from Spain to Portugal
Settled British Isles
First Invaders

Question 3

What time period were the Celts in?

Answer 3

800-600 BC

Question 4

What were the two groups of celts and where did they settle?

Both were hunters/farmers.

Answer 4

Brythons/Britons that settled Britain.
Gaels that settled Ireland
Both spoke Celtic languages.

Question 5

Name the three Druid classes?

Answer 5

Priests
Judges
Storytellers

Question 6

Define Judges.

Answer 6

Settled disputes between clans.

Question 7

Define storytellers.

Answer 7

Memorized and recited epic heroic poems.
Ex. Old King Cole
King Lear

Question 8

Who was the real conqueror that was Roman.

Julius Caesar was the fake.

Answer 8

Emperor Claudius

Question 9

Describe Roman Culture.

Answer 9

They had written word for Christianity.

Paved roads to their islands.

Question 10

When did the last Roman legion leave Britain.

Answer 10

407 AD

Question 11

Define Earls.

Answer 11

Hereditary ruling warlords loyal to king.

Question 12

Define Freemen.

Answer 12

Landowners and traders.

Question 13

What class was included in freemen that were barons via military service?

Answer 13

Thanes

Question 14

Define Churls.

Answer 14

Banded servants who worked the land.

Question 15

Define Thralls.

Answer 15

Slaves.

Question 16

Define Wyrd.

Answer 16

Fate, no free will.

Question 17

Name the three main Germanic gods.

Answer 17

Tiu- god of sky and war. Tuesday
Woden- Chief god. Wednesday
Fria- goddess of home and family. Friday

Question 18

Which three nations took down the Romans in 449 AD?

Answer 18

Angles
Saxons
Jutes

Question 19

Where does Beowulf take place?

Answer 19

Denmark

Question 20

Who was the king chosen by in “Angle-Land”?

Answer 20

Witan- the council of elders.

Question 21

Where did the original Britains retreat to?

Answer 21

Wales
Scotland
Ireland

Question 22

What languages did the celts speak in?

Answer 22

Welsh
Irish
Gaelic

Question 23

Who kept Christianity alive after the Romans?

Answer 23

Original Britains

Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and England

Question 24

Define Colomba.

Answer 24

Soldier/Abbott (monk) that found the first Christian monastery in England - 563 AD

Question 25

Who were the copiers of manuscripts?

Answer 25

Monks (Scribes)

Question 26

Define Illustrated Manuscripts.

Answer 26

Manuscript copied, painted and bordered in gold and silver.

Question 27

Who was the first English historian and what was the name of the book he wrote?

Answer 27

The Venerable Bede

A History of the Church and People

Question 28

Define Scops/Singers.

Answer 28

People who would go town to town reciting poems that would go on for days. Epics.

Question 29

Define Gleemen.

Answer 29

Assistants to the Scops.

Question 30

Define Dark Ages Epic in detail.

Answer 30

Long, heroic poems with a superhuman protagonist.
4 accents per line.
Had caesuras.
Used Alliteration.

Question 31

Define Caesura.

Answer 31

Pause in the middle of a poetic line.

Question 32

Define Alliteration.

Answer 32

Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Question 33

Name the two types of Anglo-Saxon verses.

Answer 33

Heroic poetry and elegiac poetry.

Question 34

Describe heroic poetry and elegiac poetry.

Answer 34

Heroic- stories of achievements of warriors.

Elegiac- story about a death or a significant loss of something.