English Unit 6 Test
The Norman Conquest of England occurred in the year __________________________ A.D.
1066
An Anglo-Saxon king who was a soldier and scholar was _______________________.
Alfred the Great
The most famous epic in the old English language is ____________________.
Beowulf
The _____________ were early settlers of Britain before the Romans.
Celts
A nonrestrictive clause should not be set off by commas.
False
An adverb clause usually begins with a relative pronoun.
False
In "Flight to the South Pole," Admiral Byrd's air exploration of the North Pole region was successful.
False
In "The Thread That Runs So True," Jesse Stuart taught at Landsburgh High School.
False
McKinley, Balchen, and Nansen accompanied Byrd.
False
The Normans spoke ____________________ .
French
What benefits can come from reading an autobiography?
One can gain insight into famous people and times. Autobiography is a source of inspiration. One can enjoy excitement and entertainment.
An Anglo-Saxon ship burial was found at __________________________.
Sutton Hoo
A subordinate clause is less important than the main clause.
True
An appositive can be used to subordinate ideas.
True
Byrd's trip, which began Thanksgiving Day, marked the first time any American had been within one thousand miles of the area.
True
Coordinating conjunctions should join similar words, phrases, or clauses.
True
Several of Stuart's students had been in the first grade for as many as eight years.
True
A(n) __________________ is a story, or connected narrative, that a person writes about his own life, revealing the author's personal feelings and thoughts.
autobiography
Identify this conjunction. consequently
conjunctive adverb
Identify this conjunction. however
conjunctive adverb
Identify this conjunction. still
conjunctive adverb
Identify this conjunction. therefore
conjunctive adverb
Identify this conjunction. for
coordinating conjunction
Identify this conjunction. yet
coordinating conjunction
Identify this conjunction. either . . . or
correlative
Identify this conjunction. whether . . . . or
correlative
Northumbrian is a(n) ________________ of the Anglo-Saxon language.
dialect
A poem, such as the "The Seafarer" or "The Ruin," dealing with a serious subject is called an ___________________.
elegy
Four pronouns which have remained unchanged from Old English are: _____.
me us we him
A truth the author expresses about life as he sees it which may influence the reader's ideas is the _____.
personal incidents
Identify this conjunction. after
subordinating conjunction
Identify this conjunction. as long as
subordinating conjunction
An event or situation in a story or autobiography which changes the lives of one or more people is known as the _____.
turning point
The Old English word hwāēr means _______________.
where