The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Kevin Crossley-Holland
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The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Kevin Crossley-Holland
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the oldest surviving poem written in Old English?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Wulf.
(c) Hymn.
(d) The Dream of the Rood.

2. What is the name of Hrothgar's queen?
(a) Ecgtheow.
(b) Hygd.
(c) Wealhtheow.
(d) Halga.

3. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?
(a) Time.
(b) Truth.
(c) Mood.
(d) Reference.

4. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Saddness.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Hope.

5. Wihtred was king over what people?
(a) Geatland.
(b) Kent.
(c) South Dane.
(d) Daneland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author of "The Battle of Brunanburh" state is a "man of discretion"?

2. Whose arrival signaled the Golden Age of Northumbria?

3. How many shillings will it cost someone if they were to "breach the Church's protection"?

4. In "The Battle of Maldon," who does Byrhtnoth order to dismount?

5. What is the name of the person that "was a crucial member of a tribe or a society" and existed as "a living memory"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the procedure of lawsuits for Anglo-Saxons.

2. What is the main theme of the poem "The Wanderer"?

3. Who was defined as the "most unfortunate man" in Anglo-Saxon society?

4. What were the many reasons that Bede was renowned?

5. According to the author of the introduction to "Heroic Poems," what purpose do/did the heroic poems serve historically?

6. What must Beowulf do to kill Grendel's mother?

7. What two things is "The Battle of Maldon" concerned with in regard to theme?

8. To whom is Grendel related and why is this important?

9. What was the order that needed to be followed to exact punishments and define laws during the Anglo-Saxon period?

10. What is the basis of all elegies?

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