The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200 ? A. They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.B. Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.C. Their readersprimary language was English. D. A and C only
What was vellum ? A. parchment made of animal skinB. the service owed to a lord by his peasants(C. unrhymed iambic pentameterD. an unbreakable oath of fealty
The use of sea and for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry ? A. symbolismB. simileC. metonymy D. kenning
Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures ? A. Beowulf B. ArthurC. CaedmonD. Augustine of Canterbury
