This post is helpful in providing 50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature, moreover, this is helpful in the preparations of various entrance examinations and national examinations like UGC NET.
The Anglo-Saxon age of English Literature begins from 410, and lasts till 1066 AD. This period is one of the most crucial period of English literary history since this is from where English Literature founded its roots from.
50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature
1. In which period or age did the History of English Literature begin?
a) The Medieval Period
b) The Anglo Norman Period
c) The Anglo Saxon Period
d) The Neo-classical Period
The Anglo Saxon Period
2. Beowulf, the only important piece of literature surviving since the Old English Period is a/an
a) lyrical ballad
b) Anglo Saxon epic
c) prose narrative
d) Classical epic
Anglo Saxon epic
3. Which Germanic tribe came to England in the middle of 5th century?
a) The Jutes
b) The Marcomanni
c) The Alamanni
d) The Franks
The Jutes
4. One of the oldest poems Beowulf is written by
a) Caedmonb
b) Bede
c) Anonymous
d) Cynewulf
Anonymous
5. The monster Grandel appears in the poem
a) Beowulf
b) Walker
c) Deor’s Lament
d) Widshit
Beowulf
6. Who was the father of Beowulf?
a) Hrothgar
b) Scyld
c) Grandel
d) King Hygelac
Scyld
7. Who was the king of Spear Danes? (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
a) Grandel
b) Hrothgar
c) King Hygelac
d) Scyld
Scyld
8. Who is called the father of English Learning?
a) Bede
b) Cynewulf
c) Caedmon
d) King Alfred
Bede
9. Who translated The Gospel of John into Anglo Saxon?
a) Cynewulf
b) Caedmon
c) The Venerable Beded
d) Alfred
The Venerable Bede
10. Who wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English People?
a) Caedmond
b) Bede
c) Cynewulf
d) Alfred
Bede (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
11. Who is the first poet to whom we can give a definite name and date?
a) Bede
b) Caedmon
c) Cynewulf
d) Alfred
Caedmon
12. Who is known as the “Anglo – Saxon Milton”?
a) Caedmon
b) Cynewulf
c) Bede
d) None of the above
Caedmon
13) Who wrote Paraphrase ?
a) Bede
b) Cynewulf
c) Caedmon
d) None of the above
Caedmon
14. Who wrote Judith ?
a) Bede
b) Cynewulf
c) Caedmon
d) None of the above
Caedmon
15. Who wrote The Christ ?
a) Bede
b) Cynewulf
c) Caedmon
d) None of the above
Cynewulf
16. Who wrote Juliana ?
a) Bede
b) Cynewulf
c) Caedmon
d) None of the above
Cynewulf
17. The writer of The Fates of the Apostles is
a) Bede
b) Cynewulf
c) Caedmon
d) None of the above
Cynewulf
18. Elene was written by
a) Bede
b) Cynewulf
c) Caedmon
d) None of the above
Cynewulf
19. How many signed poems were associated to Cynewulf ?
a) five
b) four
c) one
d) three
four
20. Who is known to have written the Wanderer ?
a) Bede
b) Cynewulf
c) Caedmon
d) None of the above (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
Cynewulf
21. Who is known to be associated with the poem the Phoenix ?
a) Bede
b) Cynewulf
c) Caedmon
d) None of the above (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
Cynewulf
22. Who translated Bede’s History in English in Anglo – Saxon Period ?
a) Cynewulf
b) Caedmon
c) King Alfred
d) None of the above
King Alfred
23. Who is contributed to English / Saxon Chronicles ?
a) Cynewulf
b) Caedmon
c) King Alfred
d) None of the above
King Alfred
24. Which is the oldest Anglo – Saxon Biblical poem ?
a) Exodus
b) Beowulf
c) The Christ
d) None of the above
Exodus
25. Beowulf is
a) a Tragic poem
b) an Epic poem
c) Fiction
d) None of the above (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
an Epic poem
26. Which poem is considered the National Epic of England ?
a) Andreas
b) Elene
c) Beowulf
d) None of the above
Beowulf
27. In which language did Bede wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English People ?
a) English
b) German
c) Latin
d) None of the above
Latin
28. Who translated Orosius’s “Universal History and Geography” ?
a) King Alfred
b) Bede
c) Cynewulf
d) None of the above
King Alfred
29. The Northumbrian Literature flourished between
a) 750 – 850
b) 650 – 750
c) 650 – 850
d) None of the above
650 – 850 (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
30. In which year Northumbria was conquered by Danes ?
a) 867
b) 850
c) 870
d) 800
867
31. When was the Battle of Hastings fought ?
a) 1066
b) 1067
c) 1068
d) None of the above
1066
32. Time line of the Anglo – Saxon age of English Literature is
a) 650 – 1066
b) 450 – 1067 (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
c) 450 – 1066
d) None of the above
450 -1066
33. When did Alfred became the king of Wessex ?
a) 800 AD
b) 850 AD
c) 871 AD
d) None of the above
871 Ad
34. The character of Heorranda appears in
a) Beowulf
b) Widshit
c) Deor
d) None of the above
Deor
35. The first English Public School was founded by
b) King Alfred
b) The Venerable Bede
c) Danes
d) William Duke
King Alfred
36. St. Augustine came to England from
a) Germany
b) Rome
c) France
d) None of the above
Rome
37. The first Archbishop of Canterbury was
a) Saint Murno
b) Saint Augustine
c) None of the above
(50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
Saint Augustine
38. Who is the last of saxon Kings ?
a) King Alfred.
b) Harold
c) None of the above
Harold
39. What is the last known poem of the Anglo - Saxon age of literature ?
a) Beowulf
b) Widshit
c) The Battle of Maldon
d) None of the above
The Battle of Maldon (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
40. Which poem is also know as the Byrhtnoth's Death ?
a) Beowulf
b) Widshit
c) The Battle of Maldon
d) None of the above
The Battle of Maldon
41. The Treaty of Wedmore belongs to
a) 877
b) 878
c)850
d) 860
878
42. When was Danes defeated by Alfred ?
a) 877
b) 878
c)850
d) 860
878
43. Poetry of the Anglo Saxon was passed down through
a) Oral tradition
b) manuscripts
c) paintings
d) none of the above
Oral tradition
44. Who were the original inhabitants of Britain ?
a) Angles
b) Saxons
c) Celtes
d) Romans (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
Celtes
45. Praise of Virginity has been written by
a0 Bede
b) Aldhelm
c) Caedmon
d) Cynewulf
Aldhelm
46. King Alfred the great died in the year
a) 900
b) 878
c) 901
d) none of the above
901
47. Pagan literature believes in
a) God
b) Christianity
c) Nature
d) None of the above
Nature
48. A written literature began to evolve in Britain with the coming of the
a) Danes
b) King Alfred
c) Christian Churches
d) Romans
Christian Churches
49. Which period of English Literature is called the ancestors of English race ?
a) The Renaissance
b) The Puritan age
c) The Anglo - Saxon age (50 Important MCQs on The Anglo Saxon Age of English Literature)
d) None of the above
The Anglo - Saxon age
50. Who wrote sermons in a sort of Poetic prose ?
a) King Alfred
b) Aelfric, a priest
c) William Langland
d) None of the above
Aelfric, a priest
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