The Anglo-Saxon period MCQs

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 12, 2025

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1. : ______ is the oldest Anglo-Saxon poem in terms of Biblical.



2. : “Beowulf” is



3. : How many successive narratives in “Beowulf”?



4. : Which is the earliest poem in our literature?



5. : “Beowulf” was composed in North Umbria by a Christian poet working on pagan material in



6. : Who is the author of “Beowulf”?



7. : Which poem most accurately captures old tribal rituals and life?



8. : Who is called the father of English learning?



9. : Bede, the great English ecclesiastical historian and scholar lived from



10. : Which is the oldest epic in Germanic literature?



11. : The line ‘Came on the dark night gliding, the shadowy prowler has been taken from



12. : The character of Heorrenda appears in



13. : Bede, the famous Christian writer of the Anglo-Saxon period, wrote mostly in which language?



14. : The life span of Bede is



15. : Ecclesiastical History of the English People was proudly written by



16. : Caedmon is a writer of



17. : Bede wrote his Ecclesiastical History in



18. : Who is known as the Anglo-Saxon Milton”?



19. : One of the following poems was not written by Caedmon



20. : The poem “The Fates of the Apostles” has been written by



21. : Caedmon and Cynewulf were two poets. They were



22. : The poem “The Christ” is written by



23. : The last known poem of the Anglo-Saxon period “The Battle of Maldon” was written in



24. : Besides being a poet, Alfred is a great



25. : Alfred, King of Wessex passed away in which year?



26. : “The Ruined Burg” is a fine



27. : “The Battle of Maldon” shows a revival of the heroic spirit. The poem is attributed to



28. : Alexander Neckham wrote a Treatise on science in



29. : In which literature, Aldhelm, Bede, and Alcuin are renowned names?



30. : The translation of the Cura Pastoralis was a credit by _______.



31. : Alfred’s translation of Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae is a work of



32. : “Praise of Virginity” has been written by



33. : Select the poem that is not written by Cynewulf?



34. : Which is the oldest surviving English poem in the form of a dream?



35. : One of the following poems deals with contemporary history



36. : Who is the writer of Scale of Perfection?



37. : In Macaronic poem _____ and_____ are used together.



38. : “Havelok” and “Hom”, the two romances based on Scandinavian originals were written at the end of the



39. : Princess Goldburgh is a character in



40. : Meditation of the Passion has been written by



41. : When the “The Owl and the Nightingale” was written?



42. : Which is the only political poem in English which has survived in complete form?



43. : The earliest of the religious work The Poema Morale (early Middle English moral poet) dates ____ .



44. : “The Ormulum” consisting of metrical paraphrases of the Gospel was written about



 

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