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What is the relationship between Old English and contemporary British and American English?
What is the relationship between Old English and contemporary British and American English?
- Old English is a descendant of contemporary British and American English
- Old English is unrelated to contemporary British and American English
- Old English is the ancestor of contemporary British and American English (correct)
- Old English is a variation of contemporary British and American English
Why did the Old Saxon poem not present problems to its English readers?
Why did the Old Saxon poem not present problems to its English readers?
- Because it was written in West Saxon dialect
- Because it was written in a different century
- Because it was written in Old English
- Because it was transcribed and transliterated into the West Saxon dialect of Old English (correct)
What do Old English literature and other Germanic literatures have in common?
What do Old English literature and other Germanic literatures have in common?
- Christian stories only
- Heroic stories only
- No similarities
- A body of heroic as well as Christian stories (correct)
Who are the major characters in Beowulf?
Who are the major characters in Beowulf?
What is the estimated time period when Beowulf was composed?
What is the estimated time period when Beowulf was composed?
Why do the manuscripts of Old English poems not normally give any indication of title or authorship?
Why do the manuscripts of Old English poems not normally give any indication of title or authorship?
Where was the dialect of Beowulf originally composed?
Where was the dialect of Beowulf originally composed?
In which dialect was Beowulf converted in the unique late-tenth-century manuscript?
In which dialect was Beowulf converted in the unique late-tenth-century manuscript?
What is the significance of the allusion to the ancestor of one of the kings of the Angles in Beowulf?
What is the significance of the allusion to the ancestor of one of the kings of the Angles in Beowulf?
Why is Beowulf considered one of the great long poems written in English?
Why is Beowulf considered one of the great long poems written in English?
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