The Anglo-Saxon or old English period (670-1100)

MCQs
1) When the poets started taking religious themes or the subject matter of their
poetry?
 After the Anglo-saxons embraced Christianity
a) After the Anlo-saxons embraced Hinduism
b) After the death of Anglo-saxons
c) After the Anglo-saxons embraced Judaism

2) Who were the important religious poets of the Anglo-saxon period?

a) Caedmon
b) Cynewulf
c) Pope
 Both A and B
2) The most important poem of Cynewulf’s is
a) Endymion
 Crist
b) Midas
c) The Spanish Tragedy

4) The Anglo-saxon Kings of whom Alfred the great was the most prominent ruled till?

a) 1069
b) 1064
 1066
c) 1060

5) The old English Period in English literature extends from

 670AD to 1100 AD
a) 675 AD to 1000AD
b) 653AD to 1100 AD
c) 689AD to 1101 AD

6) Which of the following includes principles of the Anglo-saxons?

a) Love of the personal freedom

b) Religion
c) Struggle for glory
 All of the above

7) The Anglo-saxon language is a branch of

a) Great Aryan family of languages

 b) Indo-European family of languages
c) The Miracle and Morality plays
 Both A and B

8) Before occupying Britain the Anglos and Saxons lived along the coasts of

 Sweden and Denmark

a) Austrailia and Malaysia
b) France and Spain
c) America and Canada

9) The land occupied by the Anglos and Saxons was called

a) Norway
b) Africa
c) Russia
 Engleland

10) The poem “widsith” describes

a) Battle against fearful odds

 Continental courts visited in imagination
b) Champion
c) None of above

11) When earliest phase of English literature starts wth?

a) King Arthur
 Anglo Saxon
b) Homer
c) None of above

12) What is another term for the Anglo-saxon language?

a) Middle English
b) Modern English
 Old English
c) All of above

13) Anglo-saxon literature survived in the form of

 Spoken verse
a) Books
b) Pictures
c) Magazine