HEL Quiz 5: Fun with Kingly Names

Answer the questions below and then click "submit" to send your answers. Choose from the following names of kings (years of their reigns are in parentheses) to answer the questions below: William the Conquerer (1066-1087), Harold Godwinson (1066), Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), John (1199-1216), Henry II (1154-1189), Henry III (1216-1272).

  1. This king may be said to be the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

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  2. This king died when he was shot through the eye (or the chest) with an arrow (ouch!).

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  3. During this king's reign, there were so many foreigners, most of them French, serving as his ministers that the barons of England forced him to expell them all, twice. The Provisions of Oxford date to this period. Written in English, French, and Latin, it reveals an important return of English as an official language.

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  4. This king fell in love with the beautiful Isabel of Angouleme (hubba, hubba) and married her, even though she was engaged to another French noble at the time (what a cad!). The ultimate result of this affair is the English king's loss of his possessions in Normandy.

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  5. This king lived most of his life in Normandy. Too bad for the Anglo-Saxons that he did not have an heir. It would have saved the throne and ultimately English would have retained more of its Germanic character.

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  6. This king married Eleanor of Acquitaine and as a result the king of England not only ruled England but ruled more of France than the French king.

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  7. This king was a bastard. Better not call him that though! He was the last foreigner to conquer England, and it profoundly changed the English language.

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  8. During this period, English was a language spoken only by the lower classes. French was the native language of the aristocracy.

    9. Your answer:
    1200-1300
    1300-1500
    1066-1200

  9. During this period, French has become an artificial language. English once again is the native tongue of commoner and aristocrat alike.

    10. Your answer:
    1300-1500
    1066-1200
    1200-1300

  10. During this period, French is increasingly becoming more artificial. Although the language of the lower classes, English is becoming more common among the ruling class although it has not yet displaced French as an official language.

    11. Your answer:
    1066-1200
    1200-1300
    1300-1500

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