“Viking Mystery”
Gifted High Potential, British Literature
Questions: Answer on a separate piece of paper. Use an MLA header. Number your
responses. Answer in full sentences, turning the questions into statements.
1.
What is the mystery? What was the origin of the bodies buried beneath St. John’s?
2.
Use evidence from the article to explain why the name of “Edgar the Peaceful” was
ironic.
Irony: the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its
literal meaning (dictionary.com).
3. What was the author’s purpose in writing this article?
4. What was the motivation for the St. Brice’s Day massacre? Who perpetrated it?
5. What was the further effect of this massacre for the Anglo-Saxons?
6. What did the Norman Conquest do for England?
7. Key words: Define
Henge
Pogrom
8. Key players: identify by origin
Edgar the Peaceful
Vikings (Denmark, Norway, Sweden)
Alfred the Great
Aelthelred the Unraed
King Svein
William the Conquerer
9. What was the motivation behind Svein’s attack on Aelthelred?
10. Build a chronological timeline beginning in 793 and ending in 1066. Populate it
with the events present in the article.
DUE: 10/5
“Viking Mystery”
College Preparatory, British Literature
Questions: Answer on a separate piece of paper. Use an MLA header. Number your
responses. Answer in full sentences, turning the questions into statements.
1.
2.
What is the mystery? What was the origin of the bodies buried beneath St. John’s?
Use evidence from the article to explain why the name of “Edgar the Peaceful” was
ironic.
Irony: the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its
literal meaning (dictionary.com).
3. What was the author’s purpose in writing this article?
4. What was the motivation for the St. Brice’s Day massacre? Who perpetrated it?
5. What was the further effect of this massacre for the Anglo-Saxons?
Due 10/5