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An #Anglo-Saxon history review before we read #Beowulf.
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1
What is another term for a bard or poet?
Pagan
Celt
Monk
Scop
2
What did the the Anglo-Saxon pagan religion focus on?
Conduct and how you acted
Redemption and forgiveness
Faith and what you believed in
Money, wealth, and power
3
Which word is the best synonym for "fate"?
Control
Choice
Destiny
Desire
4
What is animisim?
The supernatural element of the epic hero cycle
The idea that man was given dominion over the Earth by God.
The idea that animals can talk.
A pre-Christian belief that non-human entities have spirits.
5
Who were the only people who could read and write during this time?
Bards
Scops
Rich people or nobility
Christian monks
6
Why do we study British literature if we are in an American high school?
We are copy cats of language, law, and literature
It's a tradition that no one stopped to question before
ACT and SAT vocabulary comes from British literature
It's required for college English classes
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Which country is not a part of the United Kingdom?
Scotland
Ireland
English
Britain
8
How would the bards recite their stories?
They read what the Christian monks wrote down
From the Exeter book
They made the stories up as they told them
Orally from memory
9
What united the island of Great Britain after the Romans left?
Loyalty and gift-giving
Free will
Christianity and Alfred the Great
Animisim and fatalisim (fate)
10
The time period after the Romans left Great Britain is known as...
the Restoration Period
the Middle Ages
the Dark Ages
The Renaissance
11
Regarding the two British Isles, what is the name of the island on the right?
Great Britain
Ireland
England
United Kingdom
12
Why were the bards just as important as warriors?
The poets could control how people viewed you after death
They were the only ones who could read and write
They were extremely persuasive
Hah! They weren't. The poets were inferior.
13
What quality did an Anglo-Saxon king's success depend upon?
Appearance
Power
Loyalty
Wealth
14
How well do you think you know this material?
Eh. I know a little.
I'm Jon Snow and know nothing.
I KNOW IT!
I know some of it.
15
What was life like for Anglo-Saxon women?
There are no records of what life was like for women
Women submitted to the will of men financially and socially.
They were equal to men
They could own property and find power in the church.
16
Who were the original inhabitants of Great Britain?
The Celts
The Celtics
The English
The Irish
17
What did the Romans introduce when their army invaded Great Britain?
The Holy Roman Empire to defend the island against Vikings
Taxation based on property.
Centralized government, roads, walls, & other architecture.
No benefits because the island was just a military outpost.
18
While the island of Britain was being attacked by invaders, what was happening in Ireland?
Ireland was getting attacked as well
Ireland attacked Great Britain as well
Ireland was experiencing a potato famine
Ireland was experiencing a Golden Age
19
What was a result of the Christian monks transcribing the Anglo-Saxon stories?
They replaced many pagan references with Christian ones
Resentment against the Church grew
Literacy rates increased
More people converted to Christianity
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As a result of multiple invasions from Romans, Anglos-Saxons, and Vikings, the British Isles...
are a mixture of many cultures.
have an unstable government and economy.
speak a multitude of languages.
don't accurately know their own history.
