1. List three profound links to England that America retained. a) b) c)

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1 SENIOR ENGLISH: BRITISH LITERATURE THE ANGLO-SAXONS: THE EMERGENT PERIOD ( ) ANGLO-SAXON UNIT TEST REVIEW PACKET (COLLEGE PREP) ****THIS IS ALSO EXAM REVIEW PACKET #1**** Mrs. B. Ridge Brown Notebook Section: Literature I. Historical Background Test Review COMPETENCY GOALS: 1.02, 5.01B, 5/01C, 5.02A-E OBJECTIVES: To understand the historical events during the Anglo-Saxon period To understand the religious events during the Anglo-Saxon period To understand the literary events during the Anglo-Saxon period 1. List three profound links to England that America retained. 2. What is the Stonehenge? 3. When Roman legions withdrew, they left Britain with roads, walls, villas, and great public baths, but with no. 4. What was the most important archeological sites in England? 5. Law and order was the responsibility of whom? 6. Who provided entertainment in these communal halls? 7. Anglo-Saxon literature contains many words in a mournful strain. What is another term for mournful? 8. England is part of a small island that also includes and. 9. Why must America not ignore England and its history? - 1 -

2 10. What religion was adopted during the Roman rule? 11. Who was one of the most heroic Celtic leaders who was developed in legend as the once and future king? 12. While the Anglo-Saxons were not barbarians, their life was also not luxurious and it was not dominated by scholarship and the arts. What was the order of the day? 13. List three purposes of the Anglo-Saxon communal hall. 14. The poets sang to the accompaniment of a what? 15. What are descriptive compound words that evoke vivid images? 16. What is the term for the repetition of consonant and vowel sounds at the beginning of words? 17. Anglo-Saxon or Old English poetry was or aloud. 18. Principal works of learning in the monasteries were written in what language? 19. In all likelihood, who probably wrote down and reworked the great works of popular literature like Beowulf? 20. The words from the oral tradition were composed in vernacular which means what? 21. Who was the greatest of the Latin writers in Anglo-Saxon England? 22. What was the purpose of poetic recitation being accompanied by the harp? 23. What is a pause or break within a line of poetry, usually dictated by the Natural rhythm of language? - 2 -

3 24. List four ready-made formulas used to describe activities found in epics like Beowulf. d) 25. When Greek travelers visited Great Britain in the fourth century B. C., they found an island settled by people closely related to tall blond warriors who sacked Rome. 26. What was the name of the Celts religion? II. Beowulf Test Review COMPETENCY GOALS: 1.02A-E, 2.01B, 2.02A, 4.01B, 5.01A-D, 5.02A-E, 6.01A, 6.01D OBJECTIVES: To read and analyze and epic poem from the Anglo-Saxon Period To recognize and discuss the following literary terms from the Anglo- Saxon Period: alliteration, allusion, antagonist, caesura, character, characterization, climax, conflict, epic, external conflict, foil, foreshadowing, hero, hyperbole, irony, kenning, motivation, oral tradition, personification, plot, protagonist, setting, simile Beowulf Reading Test Review 1. Who insulted Beowulf and later gave him a sword? 2. Who was the only thane to remain loyal to Beowulf until the end when he fought his last battle? 3. After son s defeat, who attacked Herot taking away the king s best friend? 4. What monster caused destruction throughout Herot for 12 years? 5. What was the name of Unferth s sword given to Beowulf before he goes to fight Grendel s mother? 6. Beowulf dies killing what creature? - 3 -

4 7. Who is the Queen of the Danes? 8. Who is the murderous Biblical figure who was the ancestor of Grendel? 9. Who had a swimming contest with Beowulf when they were younger? 10. Who was the King of the Danes and the owner of Herot? 11. Grendel s first murderous adventure results in the death of how many of Hrothgar s men? 12. What weapons does Beowulf and his 10 men plan to use to defeat Grendel? 13. Who fought sea monsters and killed them - Brecca or Beowulf? 14. Where does Grendel escape to die? 15. Beowulf gets close enough to the dragon to wound him but is it deep enough to kill him? 16. How long do all warriors avoid Hrothgar s hall? 17. Who accuses Beowulf of risking his life and the life of Brecca in a foolish swimming race? 18. What happens to Grendel s arm? 19. Why does Beowulf go into a burning lake? 20. Who is the only faithful warrior to remain behind to help Beowulf during the battle with the dragon? 21. List one example of alliteration from the story. 22. Why is Herot still deserted and useless when the moon / Hangs in skies the sun had lit...? 23. What inheritance does Beowulf want returned to Higlac if he should lose? - 4 -

5 24. How are Beowulf and Brecca separated during their swimming contest? 25. How does Beowulf kill Grendel? 26. What does Beowulf use to kill Grendel s mother? 27. What is Beowulf s dying wish? 28. What happens immediately after Grendel clutches at Beowulf with his claws? 29. After the fight with Grendel, what turn of events lets us know that Beowulf s battle against evil has not ended? 30. With the exception of one brave warrior, what happens to all the other men who Beowulf has brought with him? Beowulf Notes Test Review 1. What is a descriptive detail, plot pattern, character type, or theme that recurs in many different cultures? 2. What is a character whose actions are inspiring or noble and he/she struggles to overcome foes or to escape from difficulties? 3. What is a strong pause in each line after the second beat? 4. What is a phrase or compound word used instead of the name of a person or thing? 5. What is one s lot or one s fate in life? 6. What is a reference to a statement, person, place, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or popular culture? 7. What is one character who enhances another character through contrast? 8. What is a poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost? - 5 -

6 9. What is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to each other? 10. What is the term when a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics? 11. What is the central idea or insight of a work of literature? 12. What is a struggle between two or more opposing forces? 13. What is a long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a largerthan-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society? 14. The poems in this period were recited by whom? 15. What does Grendel symbolize? 16. English literature begins with Beowulf. It is considered the national epic of what? 17. Who is the hero of this epic? 18. The only manuscript written down from Beowulf dates back to what year? 19. Before the story of Beowulf begins, Hrothgar became famous in war. His goal was to have the greatest what? 20. What is the difference between normal epics and Beowulf the epic in terms of length? 21. What does Unferth s name mean? 22. Why does Grendel hate Herot? 23. Beowulf was composed in Old English between what years? 24. What was the relationship between the warrior and the lord/king? 25. What Biblical allusion is in the story of Beowulf? - 6 -

7 26. What is the contrast between Herot and Grendel s place? 27. What does light represent in this story? 28. What is the archetypal conflict in this story? 29. Do Anglo-Saxon poems usually rhyme? 30. How was this epic originally handed down? 31. What does the word Herot mean? 32. Why does Unferth challenge Beowulf? 33. Unferth is a foil to who? 34. How was the Beowulf manuscript damaged and where is it now? 35. How are Grendel and Cain similar? 36. Why did Beowulf have to fight the dragon and this battle was one of physical verses what? 37. Why does Beowulf fight against evil? 38. Beowulf is compared to what two characters? 39. How are Wiglaf and Beowulf similar? 40. List three reasons why Beowulf boasts. 41. List 4 ways Beowulf is like an epic

8 d) 42. List the 4 themes. d) 43. This is a story of two kinds of humans in society. List the two kinds. 44. List the 4 characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry. d) 45. List Beowulf s three battles. III. Anglo-Saxon Other Works Test Review COMPETENCY GOALS: 1.02A-E, 2.02A, 4.01B 5.01A-D, 5.02A-E, 6.01A, 6.01D OBJECTIVES: To read and analyze historical writing To identify purpose and elements of personal bias in historical account - 8 -

9 To recognize and discuss the following literary terms from the Anglo-Saxon Period: genre, history, imagery, setting, analogy Anglo-Saxon Poetry Background Information 1. The Wanderer and The Seafarer are found in the Book, but this book has not been well cared for. There are signs that its cover has been used as a chopping board. 2. The background of Anglo-Saxon poems is a grim life of struggle against the. 3. What is the dominant mood in Anglo-Saxon poetry? 4. In the Anglo-Saxon poems, often a bard laments the passing of better and greater glories. 5. The songs found in the Exeter Book were copied down by who? The Wanderer 1. What type of images does the poet use to reinforce the poem s bleak mood? 2. This is a poem about a man who has learned about and misfortune. 3. Who has died causing the Wanderer to leave his home? 4. The poem s end urges readers to seek who s mercy, security, and strength? 5. The poem s theme is that no man is truly until he has endured suffering. 6. He has learned that human beings who desire should veil their sorrow for misfortune is inevitable in this life. 7. He is on this voyage tying to find another who would be willing toserve as his protector. 8. Symbolically the poem explains that a Christian sometimes lives in as a means of penance

10 9. The Wanderer, the speaker of the story, is a lonely old man who complains about what? 10. In his younger days the wanderer was a faithful servant of his overlord but what has recently happened to the overlord? 11. With a sad heart, the wanderer left home to seek what? 12. To his sorrow, the wanderer now finds himself far from where with neither friends, kinsmen, nor riches for comfort? 13. True wisdom comes from serving from all walks of life and livings, who instead of a human lord? The Seafarer 1. Our thoughts should turn to where our what is? 2. What does our home symbolize? 3. Some critics regard The Seafarer as a to The Wanderer. 4. Like The Wanderer, this poem is about an exile cut off from human. 5. What must a man conquer? 6. Mankind should strive for sure permission for us to rise to eternal what? 7. According to the Seafarer, we all fear who? 8. As the poem begins, the narrator asserts in line one that his tale is. 9. According to the Seafarer, what is better - the past or present? 10. The speaker suggests that, compared to the seafarer s life, life on land is what?

11 11. The speaker suggests that it is natural for seafarers who are about to embark on a journey to feel what emotion? 12. At the beginning of the poem, the main subject is the challenges and difficulties of what type of life? 13. Why does the speaker go to sea? 14. The speaker concludes with that which is enduring is the hope of heaven and the love of who? from Ecclesiastical History of the English People 1. What is Edwin s attitude toward the opinions of his advisors? 2. How does Coifi, the chief of the priests, respond to the idea of adopting a new religion? 3. What has been Coifi s main problem with the old religion? 4. What is the main reason that Edwin s advisors approve of the adoption of Christianity? 5. In the analogy drawn by one of Edwin s men, the sparrow represents what? 6. Bede believes that Caedmon never wrote nonreligious verses because why? 7. What convinces the abbess and the learned men that Caedmon s gift is truly from God? 8. How does the abbess feel upon discovering that God has given great ability to such a simple, uneducated man as Caedmon? 9. The sparrow analogy described by one of Edwin s advisors is designed Primarily to appeal to the gathered men s what? 10. Coifi volunteers to destroy the symbols of the previous religion because why?

12 11. What is so remarkable about the revelation of Caedmon s talent? 12. What language was the Ecclesiastical History of the English Church and People written in? 13. Bede was the author of respected and widely read books. 14. When he was seven years old, Bede s parents placed him in the care of the abbot of the great of Jarrow. 15. He was later given the title because of his reputation for wisdom and piety. 16. Bede was destined to become a monk whose brilliance would be famous throughout medieval Europe