Anglo Saxon History Of English Literature

21. Having killed the second monster with his sword, the prince is awarded gifts and he comes back to his country. Here, the prince promotes kingship due to….

a) a great achievement

b) death of king

c) his marriage to the king’s daughter

d) people’s choice

22. The rule of this new king lasts for fifty years. Eventually, he dies while fighting against a dragon with the help of his kinsman named…….who also becomes his successor.

a) Wagner

b) Whisper

c) Wiglaf

d) Wiggler

23. There are a lot of things for a reader to learn in the poem; for example, a reader comes to know that there are visible Germanic rules in the poem; loyalty to chief and tribe and …….to enemies.

a) Vengeance 

b) Hatred

c) Encounter

d) Killing

24. The hero fought against the monster not against men. The critics call this poem a Christian……in which the hero becomes a champion of goodness and fights against darkness.

a) Simile

b) Allegory

c) Lesson

d) Metaphor

25. The poem in many ways has been evaluated as thematically heroic tradition erupted from Germanic religion and …….

a) Folklore

b) Mythology

c) Customs

d) History

26. People interested in Old English Literature like reading the eminent poets’ work. Venerable Bede’s Death Song was first published in…… A.D.

a) 735

b) 723

c) 715

d) 729

27. Bede’s Death Song is very interesting; It is a ……. lines poem which has the main idea; how the soul will be judged after death.

a) 9

b) 7

c) 5

d) 3

28. Venerable Bede was a very humble poet who is not only known by his name but also called…….

a) Noble Bede

b) Humble Bede

c) Saint Bede

d) Kind Bede

29. Bede was sent to Monetary of  Monkwearmouth where the plague erupted in …….but Bede survived.

a) 672

b) 686

c) 675

d) 682

30. The Pop Leo X111 of Rome titled Bede as the Doctor of Church in ……

a) 1899

b) 1898

c) 1897

d) 1896