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    This document appears to be a study guide or test for a unit on Old and Middle English literature and history. It contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about important dates, authors, works, and events from those time periods. Specifically, it asks about the dates of Old English, the three Germanic tribes that invaded Britain, important Old English epics and their titles, the Norman conquest of England in 1066 which began the Middle English period, important works of the time including romances and dramas, the languages spoken in England during the Middle English period, and the Black Death plague. It also contains an essay prompt asking the student to choose an author, story, and historical event to appear on

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    This document appears to be a study guide or test for a unit on Old and Middle English literature and history. It contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about important dates, authors, works, and events from those time periods. Specifically, it asks about the dates of Old English, the three Germanic tribes that invaded Britain, important Old English epics and their titles, the Norman conquest of England in 1066 which began the Middle English period, important works of the time including romances and dramas, the languages spoken in England during the Middle English period, and the Black Death plague. It also contains an essay prompt asking the student to choose an author, story, and historical event to appear on

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    English Literature Note

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    Name ______________________________

    Ryo Maenuma Period


    Period3_________ Unit 1 Test
    I. Old English Directions: Write the answers
    A. Dates ____________
    449 through1066
    through ____________
    1066 in the blanks. Additional
    B. Three Germanic Tribes responses will be scored for
    1.Angles extra credit.
    2.Saxons
    3.Jutes They were weak and needed somebody else
    C. Epic ____________
    Beowulf He(title)
    is honorable man.
    D. History ____________
    The Ecclesiastical
    (title)
    history of the English people venerable Bede

    E. Elegy ____________
    The Seafarer (title) Kenning- life house
    F. Elegy The Wanderer Caesura-
    G. Elegy The Wife's Lament Alliteration

    II. Middle English 1066-1485


    A. Begins with the Battle of ____________
    Hastings The Norman guy came to kill the king which is related to Englnd.
    1. Norman Conquest
    2. Duke of Normandy William the conquer
    3. Ushers in the code ofof ____________
    a. Knights
    i. had to be Christian
    ii. had to be respectful
    b. Some search for the ____________ She took a good soldier
    4. Ushers in the ____________ system
    a. Takes land from ______________
    b. Gives land to ____________
    B. Crusades
    1. Started ____________
    1095 Pope Urban 2 started the war.
    2. Battles for ____________
    C. The Magna Carta
    1. Signed byKing
    ____________
    John 1215
    2. Guarantees ____________
    Rights to the people
    D. _frame___________ Cathedral
    1. Frame Tale ____________ (title)
    2. Martyrdom of ____________
    E. Romance ____________ (title) Green Knight
    F. Romance ____________ (title) Le Mort d'Arthur
    G. Autobiography ____________
    Margery Kempe(title)
    H. English Drama Religion
    1. mystery or miracle Play
    2. Morality Play and an Allegory (title)
    3. crass mans Guilds

    I. Languages
    1. French spoken by ____________
    Loyalty
    2. Latin spoken by ____________
    Roman Catholic Church
    3. Germanic, Keltic, English spoken by ____________
    Commoners
    J. The Black Death
    1. Killing 1/3 of England's people
    2

    ESSAY:
    You be the teacher. You get to choose one author, one story, and one historical event that will appear
    on every test this semester. Choose wisely. Support your choices with 3 details about each of the three.
    FCA's
    1) Fill only this page
    2) Write complete sentences
    3) Circle your author, story, and event; underline each detail of support
    elated to Englnd.

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