Pubquiz LitHist

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Program

• Goals​
  
• Riddle of the week​
  
• Pub quiz review game​
  
• Goals review​
  
• Homework: Study Literary History (use the ppts, author profiles, notes)​
  
• Flexuur this week

How it works

Use 1 device per group to answer the questions.

Some questions are open and some are multiple choice. 

Mrs Lok will keep track of the points

Who invaded England in 43 AD and left around 410 AD?

1. The Celts
2. The Anglo-Saxons
3. The Vikings
4. The Romans

Who were the invaders of Britain (start with the Celts)?

Who was the Virgin Queen?

She was the last queen of what dynasty?

1. Victorian
2. Windsor
3. Jacobite
4. Tudor

She had an influence on what important cultural and literary movement that didn't start in Britain?

What is a narrative poem from the Old English era, featuring heros and often monsters

1. A hymn
2. An epic
3. An epic poem
4. A ballad

Name 2 features of modernist literature, and 1 author of the modernist novelf

What important historical event influenced modernist literature?

What is typical of postmodern writing?

1. Individualism, rationalism
2. Fragmentation, irony, absurdity
3. Focus on aesthetic beauty
4. Disillusionment, realism

What characterized the Neoclassical Period? Name 1 thing.

Which invaders were occupying England starting with the Battle of Hastings?

1. The Normans
2. The Vikings
3. The Romans
4. The Anglo-Saxons

What happened in 1066?

Who were the 2 main contenders for the British crown?

1. Harold & Cnut
2. Edward & Harold
3. William & Harold
4. William & Edward

What did it do to the English language as a result of the Norman Invasion?

What religious conflict influenced Britain in the Early Modern English period?

1. Christians vs Pagans
2. The Crusades
3. Protestants vs Catholics
4. None of the above

What was the Enlightenment? 

What are the characteristics of VE Literature? Name 2 things.

Describe a genre of the 20th/21st centuries other than the Modernist Novel

Ask me anything! Do you have any questions? Is there anything in particular you want me to review.