Anglo-Saxon Background review

Which three groups invaded England in

• Vikings, Normans and French

• Angles, Saxons and Jutes

• Angles, Danes and Jutes

• Danes, Geats and Vikings

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Which of the following is not and A-S Characteristic?

• Fame – love of glory as a ruling motive of every noble life

• Fate – controls your life and you can only respond to it

• Bragging and boasting

• Rituals

An Anglo-Saxon King/leader would

• pay his followers little

• expect riches for himself

• be generous to his followers

• make his followers castles

Who was the Roman emperor to invade England?

• Maximus

• Achilles

• Commodus

• Julius Caesar

Who did the most to unify England?

• Julius Caesar

• Alfred the Great

• The Vikings

• The scribes

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What was the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

• a yearbook

• a year by year account of events

• a farmer'a almanac

• a list of taxes and property

Which of the following was not an accomplishment of Alfred?

• His laws did not discriminate between the English and the Saxons

• Established schools

• He encouraged people to write in Latin

• He encourage people to write in English

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Who destroyed most of the monasteries that were built?

• Danes

• Alfred

• Angles

• Romans

Beowulf was written in

• Modern English

• German

• Middle English

• Old English

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an epic?

• Small setting

• Supernatural forces

• Hero with superhuman strength

• Hero is internationally known

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