English Literature 3

The sole source of original information about Cædmon's life and work is Bede's Historia ecclesiastica.

We know Cynewulf by means of runic signatures that are interwoven into the three poems

_________ is the earliest English poet whose name is known.

Cædmon is ___________ Anglo-Saxon poets identified in mediaeval sources

Cynewulf is regarded as one of the pre-eminent figures of Anglo-Saxon Christian poetry.

Putative

The poem considered to be Cynewulf's masterpiece is the....

There are _____ signed poems that we know of my Cynewulf

Saint Helena Finds the True Cross is Cynewulf's four signed poems

8th-century historian Bede was one of the most important teacher and writers of the Anglo-Saxon period.

According to Bede, Cædmon was a lay brother who cared for the animals at the monastery

All of the literary works from the old English period had anonymous writers

The Venerable Bede is a English writer and Saint from the middle ages.

Vernacular

The Fates of the Apostles, Juliana, Elene, and Christ II are all work of Ceadmon

Cynewulf is one of twelve old Engilsh poets known by name.

No exact deduction of Cynewulf's date is accepted, but it is likely he flourished in the _____ century.

Beowulf is be considered as the first English Epic poem

Cynewulf wrote in the Anglian dialect which was most likely

Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ("Ecclesiastical History of the English People") was written by...

450–1066 is referred to as the...

Ceadmon Hymn was written in which Anglo-Saxon dailect?

Cynewulf is a well attested Anglo-Saxon given name (literally meaning "_____")

The Anglo-Saxon language can be broken into ____ dialects

According to Ceadmon, "Bede learned to compose one night in the course of a dream".

Eulogistic