Quiz OE Language and History
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Slide 1 - Tekstslide
Who lived in Britain when the Romans arrived?
A
Britons
B
Celts
C
Anglo-Saxons
D
Welsh
Slide 2 - Quizvraag
What did the Romans bring to Britain?
A
Lots of words we still use nowadays
B
Roads
C
Cities
D
Civilization
Slide 3 - Quizvraag
Why do the Romans leave Britain in ca 410?
A
The weather was too cold
B
They had run out of women
C
The Roman Empire was crumbling
D
They were chased away by the Scots and Picts
Slide 4 - Quizvraag
The Germanic tribes invading Britain from 449AD onwards were made up of: Angles, Saxons, Frisians and ...
Slide 5 - Open vraag
Why do we think the Anglo-Saxon tribes invaded Britain?
A
To take over farms left by the Romans
B
They were on the run from Charlemagne
C
They discovered it accidentally
D
They were on the run from the Vikings
Slide 6 - Quizvraag
What did the Germanic invaders call the Celts? Hint: the word means "foreigner"
Slide 7 - Open vraag
Anglo-Saxons were heathens, converted to Christianity by Irish monks from the 7th C. Why was this important for the development of language and literature?
A
They learnt the christian alphabet
B
They started to write the bible in English
C
Monasteries became centres of learning
D
In Monasteries manuscripts in English were copied
Slide 8 - Quizvraag
Who made peace with the Vikings in 886 and established the Danelaw?
Slide 9 - Open vraag
What is the Danelaw?
A
The part of Britain where Vikings had their own government and laws
B
The Viking system of law and justice
C
The laws against viking invasions established by Alfred
D
Vikings get the death penalty when they rob English villages
Slide 10 - Quizvraag
In 991 King Cnut becomes ruler of ...
A
Mercia and Wessex
B
Denmark and Frysland
C
England and Scotland
D
England and Denmark
Slide 11 - Quizvraag
What makes Anglo-Saxon/Old English so different from Present Day English?
A
It was written in pictograms
B
It was written only in runes
C
It had many inflections
D
it was a non-germanic language
Slide 12 - Quizvraag
Other languages influenced English to this day. Where do these words come from?
1. cucumber
1. cucumber
A
Celtic
B
Roman Latin
C
Old Norse
D
Other
Slide 13 - Quizvraag
Other languages influenced English to this day. Where do these words come from?
2. they/them/their
2. they/them/their
A
Celtic
B
Roman Latin
C
Old Norse
D
Other
Slide 14 - Quizvraag
Other languages influenced English to this day. Where do these words come from?
3. purple
3. purple
A
Celtic
B
Roman Latin
C
Old Norse
D
Other
Slide 15 - Quizvraag
Other languages influenced English to this day. Where do these words come from?
4. the suffix -s for third person singular
4. the suffix -s for third person singular
A
Celtic
B
Roman Latin
C
Old Norse
D
Other
Slide 16 - Quizvraag
What is the most famous and longest Old English poem called? (Hint: it is named after its protagonist)
Slide 17 - Open vraag
What are features of OE poetry?
A
kenning / metaphors
B
alliteration
C
half-lines
D
rhyme
