Beowulf and Chaucer Recap

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Chaucer

What type of narrative is Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales?

Around what time did Chaucer start writing The Canterbury Tales written?

1. 821
2. 1000
3. 1250
4. 1387

After the battle of Hastings (1066) what became the language spoken by the royal court/nobility in England?

1. French
2. Latin
3. Anglo-Saxon
4. English

Who is the narrator of The General Prologue?

Beowulf

What type of text is Beowulf?

1. Prose
2. Novel
3. Short Story
4. Poem

Around what time was it believed to be composed?

When was it believed to be written down? (approximately)

1. 100 years later
2. 200 years later
3. 300 years later
4. 400 years later

Who invaded Britain in the fifth century?

1. Romans
2. French
3. Anglo-Saxons
4. Celts

Where did the Anglo-Saxons come from?

1. Germany and France
2. Denmark and Germany
3. France and Holland
4. Denmark and France

Anglo-Saxons were included peoples called:

1. the Jutes
2. the Angles
3. the Saxons
4. All the above

What remains unknown about the poem that is Beowulf?

Beowulf

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