British Literature

How were stories passed down during the Anglo-Saxon period?

• Plays

• Gossip

• Stained Glass Windows

• Oral Tradition

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What was NOT a typical genre of Anglo-Saxon literature?

• war song
• heroic poem
• chronicle
• novel

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From Beowulf:

Which Kenning is NOT from Beowulf

• bookworm

• whale-road

• battle-sweat

• ring-giver

Old English literature was influenced by ______ traditions as well as Christian thought and moral values.

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In Canterbury Tales, at the beginning the pilgrims meet

• at the theatre
• at church
• at a pub
• in a forest

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There are ______ types of people in the Canterbury Tales.

• many
• few

What new invention helped people read more?

• The Paper Mill

• The Saw Mill

• The Printing Press

• The Telescope

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The Renaissance is the time of

• Queen Victoria
• Queen Elizabeth
• King George

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Choose the works by this author.

• Vanity Fair

• Hamlet

• Don Juan

• Macbeth

• Romeo and Julliet

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Where was Shakespeare born?

• London

• Stratford-Upon-Avon

• Canterbury

• Leeds

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