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Chapter 1 Quiz

1. During the Old English Period, who invaded Britannia (Great Britain)?
(1) The Angles and the Saxons
(2) The Jutes
(3) The Danes / Scandinavians
(4) All of These

2. Whose "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" recounts the story of the
Church in England?
(1) St. Jerome's
(2) Venerable Bede's
(3) St. Augustine's
(4) King Ethelbert's

3. Which of the following is an example of a kenning?


(1) swiftsword
(2) bone house
(3) keel
(4) sea

4. Which of the following is not an Old English work?


(1)The Dream of the Rood
(2) The Batt le of Maldon
(3) The Wanderer
(4) The Canterbury Tales

5. What is the primary literary device used in Old English poetry?


(1) Rhyme
(2) Conceits
(3) Kennings
(4) Alliteration
The End

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