Discover the Origins of English Literature with Caedmon's Hymn Quiz

Caedmon was a bard who wrote the first poem about unemployment

Caedmon was a sailor who wrote a poem about his experiences at sea

Caedmon was a monk who wrote the first Old English poem

Caedmon was a lay worker who wrote the first Christian religious poem in English (correct)

Old English was the language of the artists

Old English was the language of the church

Old English was the language of the sailors

Old English was the language of the everyday people (correct)

The use of third-person narration

The use of the language of the church

The use of the first-person speaker who narrates his experience (correct)

The use of intertextual references to contemporary literature