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Britain and Beowulf!
Britain and Beowulf!
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This a quiz on Chapter 2 of the Middle Ages
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1
In the story of the warrior Craith, what was the name of the giant?
Christopher Columbus
Giant Fovor of the Mighty Blows
Big Giant of the Sea
The Gentle Giant
2
Why did the Celtic king Vortigern ask the Angles and the Saxons to come over to Britain?
He wanted to share his land with them.
He loved Saxon Math.
He was trying to trick them.
He wanted their help fighting the other Celt tribes.
3
What did Grendel do after he was wounded?
He ran away and jumped into the water.
He called time out.
He kept fighting and pretended he was not hurt.
He sat down and cried.
4
What do we call this time in history?
The Birthday Ages
The Last Days
The Happy and Merry Ages
The Middle Ages or the Dark Ages
5
How did the king thank Beowulf when he heard that Grendel had been defeated?
He gave him a high five and a box of candy.
He gave him half his kingdom.
He asked him why it took so long.
He had a great feast and gave Beowulf gold armor.
6
Do you remember what the kingdom of the Angles and Saxons became known as?
France
The Traitors
The Golden Kingdom
England
7
What were the fierce, dangerous, blue painted warriors of Britain called?
Huns
visroths
Donkeys
Celts
8
Who came to help the king kill the monster?
Beowulf, the mightiest man on earth
The barbarians
His fairy godmother
the Angles and the Saxons
9
When Beowulf and the monster Grendel were fighting, what painful thing happended to Grendel?
Beowulf pulled his arm off.
He got a cramp in his leg.
He twisted his ankle trying to run away.
Beowulf pulled his teeth out.
10
What did the Celts do to the Romans in Britain?
They drove them out.
They welcomed them.
They killed them all.
They fed them meals.
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Why do we call it the Dark Ages?
Electricity had not been discovered yet.
The Saxons loved the color black.
It was always dark and stormy.
The Angles and Saxons didn't write down any history or records.
12
What happened to the men who slept in the king's hall?
A monster came in and ate them.
They got sick.
They didn't sleep well because they drank too much of the king's coffee.
They got to feast at his table the next day.
13
What did "bards" do?
They had many feasts.
They memorized and sang stories that were never written down.
They loved to jumprope.
They swam in the rivers.
14
What did the Celts do once the Angles and Saxons moved into their land?
They started a war.
They took all their gold and silver.
They burned all their fields.
Some Celts married the barbarians and others went and lived somewhere else.
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Why did Beowulf decide to fight with bare hands?
He didn't want to fight with bare feet.
He had really really big hands.
He forgot his boxing gloves at home.
He didn't think it would be fair.
