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1. During the Old English Period, who invaded Britannia (Great Britain)?
2. Who was the legendary literary figure said to have resisted the Germanic invaders/mercenaries?
3. For many years, there was no native literature in England. What changed that?
4. Whose "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" recounts the story of the Church in England?
5. What Old English poem tells the story of resistance against a Scandinavian raid?
6. What king of the West Saxons supported literature, even translating Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy"?
7. Bede tells the story of an unlearned cowherd who instituted a school of Christian poetry. Who was he?
8. The author who wrote down "Beowulf" was probably a:
9. Who is "the young hero" of the poem "The Dream of the Rood"?
10. Which of the following is an example of a kenning?
11. Where does this quote come from? "Then middle-earth, mankind's Guardian, eternal Lord, afterwards made."
12. From what work does this quote come? "Wonderful was the triumph-tree, and I stained with sins, wounded with wrongdoings."
13. What work begins, "Yes, we have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes' kings in the old days--how the princes of that people did brave deeds."
14. What work contains the characters Birhtnoth and Ethelred?
15. In "Beowulf," what is wergild?
16. In "Beowulf," what is a thane?
17. Which of the following is _not_ an Old English work?
18. In this poem, an exile is searching for a new lord and hall.
19. What is the primary literary device used in Old English poetry?
20. What work begins, "He who is alone often lives to find favor."
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