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The Old English period ended with what event?

• Norman Conquest

• Crusades

• Black Death

• Peasant's Revolt

• establishment of Parliament

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This pause in the middle of a line of poetry is called a

• Caesura

• rhyme

• space

• kennings

• alliterative breather

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During which period were riddles most popular?

• Old English

• Anglo Norman (Anglo Saxon)

• Middle English

• Renaissance

• Restoration

The Anglo Norman (Saxon) period brought all of the following literature EXCEPT

• folk ballads

• alliterative verse

• epic poems

• riddles

• interludes

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The Anglo Norman (Saxon) period brought all of the following literature EXCEPT

• folk ballads

• alliterative verse

• epic poems

• riddles

• novels

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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When did the Christian monks begin using Old English?

• 500s

• 600s

• 700s

• 800s

• 9002

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Who was the first English poet?

• Caedmon

• Beowulf

• Danta

• Geoggrey of Monmouth

• Judith

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The most important prose work of the Middle English period was

• The Ecclesiastical History

• the Anglo Saxon Chronicle

• Feats of Corpus Christi

• Le Morte D'arthur

• the Seafarer

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Which of the following tribes did NOT invade the island of England during the Anglo Norman (Saxon) period?

• Angles

• Saxons

• Jutes

• Romans

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Alfred the Great wrote which major historical text?

• Beowulf

• Anglo Saxon Chronicle

• the Christ

• Whitby

• Whidspeth

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