What's the correct chronological order?

Old English, Middle English, Modern English

Which of the following is a example of metonymy?

"The Pentagon issued a statement . . . "

The rise of literacy in Britain can be tied to . . .

monasteries and Christian education

What's the significance of the year 1066?

Norman conquest / Battle of Hastings

We read about Norse warriors in a Brit Lit class because ...

Invasions by Norsemen / Vikings brought stories with them

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1
Homer was an oral poet. His Iliad has 16,000 verses and would take ____ evenings to perform.
4
16
2
8
2
What's the correct chronological order?
Old English, Middle English, Modern English
Old English, Modern English, Medieval English
Modern English, Old English, Middle English
Middle English, French-English, Medieval English
3
Which of the following is a example of metonymy?
"The Pentagon issued a statement . . . "
"Beowulf faced a hundred swords . . . "
"Many moons passed before the monster appeared ..."
"Beowulf unlocked his word-hoard and replied ...."
4
Middle English was heavily influenced by . . .
the Black Plague
French
Viking invasions
Shakespeare
5
Most Old English poetry is found ...
carved in runes on crosses and other sculptures
in just four manuscripts
to be too boring to read
6
If I had to guess, the Beowulf poet (who wrote the poem in a manuscript) was probably ...
a farm hand, kind of like Caedmon
a Druid
a monk in a monastery
a Viking
7
In "Dream of the Rood," the "Rood" is ....
a road
a monk
a tree
a rod
8
The excerpt from "The Wanderer" reflects an intersection between ...
Lord of the Rings and the Bible
Christian and pagan
city and country
giants and dwarves
9
The rise of literacy in Britain can be tied to . . .
the Norman conquest
the success of oral poetry
monasteries and Christian education
the preference for modern English
10
"The king sat on his treasure-seat." The bolded phrase is an example of . . .
kenning
Biblical allusion
alliteration
irony
11
Which is NOT a value of Anglo-Saxon / Viking culture and literature?
loyalty
intellectual pursuits
heroism
generosity / rewards / booty
12
Old English sounds most like ...
German / Scandinavian
Latin / Italian / Spanish
Hungarian
French
13
What's the significance of the year 1066?
Norman conquest / Battle of Hastings
Caxton's printing press
Roman invasion of British Isles
First Viking invasion of British Isles
14
We read about Norse warriors in a Brit Lit class because ...
William the Conqueror brought Norman stories with him
JRR Tolkien is a big seller in books and movies
Invasions by Norsemen / Vikings brought stories with them
Norway and the British Isles are next door to each other.

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