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Duplicate of Anglo-Saxon Lyric Poetry

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An #ELA test review over #Anglo-Saxon #Lyric Poems #The Seafarer and #The Wanderer

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1
Who left Britain to protect their homeland thereby leaving the island open to invasion?
The Saxons
The Jutes
The Romans
The Angles
2
What is the best way to describe The Saxons, the Angles, and The Jutes?
Italian Mercenaries
Irish Raiders
Germanic Tribes
Norman Conquerors
3
This building was home for Anglo-Saxons - a place of eating, drinking, and fellowship:
The Citidal
The Cathedral
The mead-hall
The Alhambra
4
Roman Catholic cleric who was able to convert many native British inhabitants to Christianity?
St. Thomas
St. Peter
St. Paul
St. Augustine
5
This idea springs from ancient mythology and holds that man has no control over events in life:
String Theory
Fate
Rapture
Framing
6
Lyric poems that embody the sadness and mourning at the loss of someone or something:
elephants
eulogy
epiphony
elegy
7
The monks who saved the Anglo-Saxon stories by writing them down added what extra element?
Christian Themes
An angry God who regularly destroyed all he surveyed
A frequently recouring Christ-like character named Shelt
A strangely uncharacteristic support of hard-drinking
8
Which of the following was NOT a strong part of Anglo-Saxon culture?
Seafaring
Feminism
Warfare
Paganism
9
Anglo-Saxon warriors did not consider themselves citizens of a nation but rather...
Followers of a warrior king
Island raiders with no real home
Nomads who roamed the continents looking for riches and love
A stay-at-home people who practiced farming most of the year
10
Choose the kenning in the following quote: So the living sorrow of Healfdane's son.
living sorrow
Healfdane's son
11
Before Christianity, the Anglo-Saxons traditional world-view was...
curious and exploratory
grim and fatalistic
pessimistic
positive and hopeful
12
biblical, mythological, literate, or historical reference outside the text
allusion
tone
motif
epic
13
...the sea took me, swept me back and forth in sorrow fear and pain, showed me suffering...
Attribution
Assonance
Alliteration
Atonal intonation
14
Worshipers of Gods outside those of the major religions:
Pagans
Non-Believers
Infidels
The Devils Own
15
Who saved much of the Anglo-Saxon oral tradition by writing down the stories they heard?
Christian monks
Vikings raiders who already had a written language
Pagan scholars
Atheists
16
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words:
Alienation
Alliteration
Attentiveness
Assonance
17
Which of the following in NOT a part of the epic cycle?
supernatural opponent
babes
restoration
a change
18
This type of poem expresses the strong emotional thoughts and feelings of one speaker:
Ballad
A Round
Lyric
Limerick