(1) ___________ – these tribes inhabited what is known as Modern Day England from the 5th century.

1. Romans
2. Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
3. Normans
4. None of the above

ANSWER: – 2. Angles, Saxons, and Jutes

EXPLANATION: –

Roman conquest of England began around AD 43 completed in AD 87. They ruled England for about 350 years after that. After they left, Britain was vulnerable to tribal attacks and invasions. That’s how Germanic Tribes such as Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and possibly more started invading Britain around AD 450. This Anglo-Saxon, aka Old-English Period, went on till Norman Conquest – AD 1066 when Normans took over. (William the Conqueror from Normandy from France, the last Anglo-Saxon king – King Harold – in the Battle of Hastings.

Read: WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE & DURING THE OLD ENGLISH AGE? POLITICAL CONTEXT

(2) Anglo-Saxons invaded invaded England around ___________.

1. AD 1066
2. 54 BC
3. 1 BC
4. AD 450

ANSWER: – 4. AD 450

EXPLANATION: –

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE & DURING THE OLD ENGLISH AGE? POLITICAL CONTEXT

(3) Norman Conquest happened in ___________.

1. AD 1066
2. 54 BC
3. 1 BC
4. AD 450

ANSWER: – 4. AD 1066

EXPLANATION: –

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE & DURING THE OLD ENGLISH AGE? POLITICAL CONTEXT

(4) Before the spread of Christianity in Britain, Anglo-Saxons followed _________.

1. Paganism / Heathenism
2. Zoroastrianism
3. Judaism 
4. Confucianism 

ANSWER: – 1. Paganism / Heathenism

EXPLANATION: – St. Augustine is considered to have brought Christianity to England in the late 6th century (c. AD 597)

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE & DURING THE OLD ENGLISH AGE? POLITICAL CONTEXT

(5) In British Literature, English poems started to appear in written form around __________.

1. 1 BC
2. AD 733
3. AD 1066
4. AD 2000

ANSWER: – 2. AD 733

EXPLANATION: – St. Augustine is considered to have brought Christianity to England in the late 6th century (c. AD 597)

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE & DURING THE OLD ENGLISH AGE? POLITICAL CONTEXT