History of English Literature

Mid-Term 1

Fill in the blanks with words from the list (3.5 marks)

after, ancestors, appreciative, bards, characteristics, chiefs, earliest, growth,

movements, occupied, phases, presents, through, tongue

English was the common name and ------------------------- of these tribes. And the land
which they ------------------------- was called Engle-land (now: England).

Some of the Anglo-Saxon ------------------------- were also -------------------------.

Some of these phases are named after certain literary -------------------------, such as
the Romantic Age.

The ------------------------- phase of English literature started with the Angles and
Saxons (the ------------------------- of the English race).

The history of English literature has passed ------------------------- many phases. Each
phase has its own -------------------------.

The people in Denmark are very ------------------------- and send Beowulf home with
many -------------------------.

These literary ------------------------- are also named ------------------------- centuries,

such as the Seventeenth Century Literature.

With these Periods or Ages, we can follow the ------------------------- of English

literature.

Say whether the following statements are True or False (2 marks)

A decade is a period of five years. ---

A millennium is a period of one thousand years. ---

Beowulf is dissimilar to Antara Ibn Shaddad’s poetry. ---

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Beowulf is the longest lyric poem in Old English with about 3,000 lines! ---

Britain was a Roman Empire province in the past. ---

Old English is very much like the language we speak today. ---

Romantic writers highlighted feeling and imagination. ---

The people in Denmark celebrated the killing of Grendel. ---

Match parts of sentences in A with their completion in B (2 marks)

A B
1- After many years of peace,… a- who rules over the Geats near
2- Beowulf goes to Denmark with a Denmark.
group of soldiers… b- Beowulf kills the dragon.
3- In a brutal battle,… c- and says he'll help get rid of
4- The hero of the poem is a prince Grendel.
named Beowulf… d- a dragon attacks Beowulf's
kingdom.

A 1 2 3 4
B

Answer the following questions (3.5 marks)

What are the 3 Germanic tribes that invaded England?

1- ------------------------ 2- ------------------------ 3- -----------------------------

Describe them using 3 adjectives

1- ------------------------ 2- ------------------------ 3- -----------------------------

What are the 3 countries that make up Great Britain?

1- ------------------------ 2- ------------------------ 3- -----------------------------

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This is a -------------------------.

What is literature?

Literature is ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It includes -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fill in the table with the appropriate synonyms (4 marks)

as a result, awareness, cruel, heavenly, holy, immortal, intelligence, intuition,

knowledge, perception, so, spiritual, supernatural, therefore, understanding, violent,
without feelings

insight divine thus brutal

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