Beowulf
King Arthur
Macbeth
Canterbury Tales
Grammar
100

What language did Old English originate from?

Germanic

100

What proved that King Arthur was the son of a king?

Pulling the sword
100

Who is Macbeth’s best friend he betrayed?

Banquo

100

What is the prize for the best story?

Free meal

100

Is this written in active or passive voice? They were orphaned.

Passive

200

What are the three tribes considered as the first English people?

Angles, Saxons, Jutes

200

What is the name of the famous sword?

The Excalibur
200

Who wrote Macbeth?

William Shakespreare

200

Whose shrine are the pilgrims visiting?

St. Thomas Becket

300

What is the concept that ties a thane to its leader?

Comitatus

300

Give five characters in the Legend of King Arthur.

Queen Guinevere, King Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Morgan Le Fay, Mordred, Galahad, Gawain, Percival

300

What thane is Macbeth originally and the thane he became? Thane of _______ and Thane of _______

Glamis, Cawdor

300

Who is the father of English Literature?

Geoffrey Chaucer

400

Who/what is Beowulf’s most difficult fight?

Dragon

500

What item helped Beowulf kill Grendel’s mother?

Magical sword

500

Turn this into indirect speech: She said, “We are supposed to get married tonight.”

She said that they were supposed to get married that night.

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