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EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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Early British Literature
Justin Jun
University of Nebraska High School
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Early British Literature
1. Old English is a Germanic language.
a. True
2. Anglo-Saxon literature from England
b. reflected oral poetry.
3. What keeps Bede from being completely accurate in A History of the English Church and
People?
a. He sometimes accepted unlikely stories as true.
b. He usually did not tell where he got information.
c. Much of his information comes from his own observations.
4. In the following quote from Beowulf ". . . they could hack at Grendel / From every side,
trying to open / A path for his evil soul, but their points / Could not hurt him . . . " the underlined
words can be paraphrased as
a. to drive him out of the hall.
b. to turn his soul to God.
c. to kill him.
5. It is rare to find legendary events in epics.
b. False
6. Beowulf uses his ______to kill Grendel.
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c. hands
7. A Celtic chieftain from the fifth or sixth century is believed to be the source for King Arthur.
a. True
8. A cuckoo is described as a "summer's sentinel," which is an example of a
b. kenning.
9. We see Christianity being spread by The Venerable Bede by his
a. claiming to be the reincarnation of St. John the Apostle.
b. writing of historical accounts from a Christian perspective.
c. claiming to be the reincarnation of St. John the Apostle.
10. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight a sense of supernatural is found when
a. the Green Knight does not die from Sir Gawain's blow.
11. What does the following quotation from A History of the English Church and People show?
"Having no women with them, these Picts asked wives of the Scots, who consented on condition
that, when any dispute arose, they should choose a king from the female royal line rather than the
male."
c. Scots wanted political influence in the Pict royal court.
12. In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses the pilgrimage primarily as a device to
a. emphasize the characters' religious aspirations.
b. frame the stories told by individual characters.
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c. describe the rigors of medieval life.
13. The following idea is lamented in "Barbara Allen"
a. Sir John murdered Barbara.
b. Barbara knew what wa...