What do we know about early British literature?

What is known as the British Epic?

• Beowulf

• The Iliad

• The Odyssey

• Canterbury Tales

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Who first invaded the British Isles?

• The Celts

• The Romans

• The angles

• The Normans

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What great hero is believed to have held off the Germanic invasion of Britain?

• King Arthur

• Charlemagne

• Robin Hood

• Edward, the black prince

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What language did William the Conqueror bring from Normandy?

• Latin

• French

• Old English

• German

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Who supposedly drew the sword from the stone?

• Grendel

• Beowulf

• King Arthur

• Charlemagne

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what language did the clerics, the religious people, speak?

• Latin

• German

• French

• Old English

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In what language was Beowulf written?

• Old English

• Latin

• Renaissance English

• French

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Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• William Shakespeare

• Alexander Pope

• The church

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Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?

• William Shakespeare

• John Donne

• Alexander Pope

• Geoffrey Chaucer

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During the Middle Ages, peasants and serfs were required to serve their knight. Their Knight was required to serve their lord and then their lord was required to serve the king. What is this political form known as?

• Feudalism

• Socialism

• Democracy

• Anti socialism

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