In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance?
Correct answer is: B. B. Everlasting shame
What is the first extended written specimen of Old English?
Correct answer is: C. C. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:
Correct answer is: A. A. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.
Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?
Correct answer is: C. C. Geoffrey Chaucer
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Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?
Correct answer is: D. D. The Anglo-Saxons
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