Test 1

Question 0

Who inhabited England prior the the Anglos and the Saxons

Answer 0

Celts and British

Question 1

What are the dates of the Anglo-Saxon period

Answer 1

446-1066

Question 2

Who is responsible for establishing England as a nation and why did he do so

Answer 2

King Alfred, he wanted to spread Christianity

Question 3

What was the role of women during this time period

Answer 3

We’re respected and had many rights, had land, inherited property, we’re offered gifts in marriage

Question 4

When was dream of the rood found

Answer 4

8th century

Question 5

Where and what on was the dream of the rood found

Answer 5

Northumbria, ruthwell cross

Question 6

What is the significance of dream of the rood

Answer 6

Had a lot of biblical based writing, one of the earliest recorded pieces of literature

Question 7

What is dream of the rood about

Answer 7

Jesus being crucified from the crosses perspective

Question 8

When was Judith found

Answer 8

Don’t know no recorded evidence

Question 9

Who found and translated Judith

Answer 9

Don’t know didn’t sign it

Question 10

What is the book of Judith where is it found

Answer 10

Part of the Nowell codex and apocrypha

Question 11

What did the poet change in lanval

Answer 11

Made the women more heroic she saves the day, and makes her a Virgin instead of a widow

Question 12

Why did the poet make the changes he did on lanval

Answer 12

To make the story more entertaining and heroic

Question 13

What are the dates of the Anglo-Norman period

Answer 13

1066-1204

Question 14

What influence did the French have on England

Answer 14

Changed the government system, made French the spoken language

Question 15

Why is there very little English literature coming out of this period

Answer 15

Everyone was writing in French, with an exception on Marie de France

Question 16

What time period is lanval from

Answer 16

Anglo Norman

Question 17

Who wrote lanval

Answer 17

Marie de France

Question 18

Why did she write lanval

Answer 18

Focused more on eternal struggle of promises in a romantic relationship

Question 19

Who wrote the Canterbury tales

Answer 19

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 20

Where when and to whom was Chaucer born

Answer 20

1343 October, London England, born into a prosperous family of wine merchants

Question 21

What job did Chaucer have growing up

Answer 21

Merchant

Question 22

What languages was Chaucer proficient in

Answer 22

Latin, French, Italian

Question 23

Who was chaucers benefactor and life long friend

Answer 23

Thomas becket

Question 24

What were chaucers intended goals for the Canterbury tales

Answer 24

He wrote 23 out of 30 tales and he intended to write 60