Sutton Hoo ACT Prep September 13 2012 Number

Sutton Hoo ACT Prep September 13, 2012

Number One The author’s primary purpose in this passage is to a) Convince people to travel to England b) Discuss the tourism industry built up around Sutton Hoo c) Inform the reader about the history of the site d) Inform the reader about the wealth of Anglo-Saxon artifacts at the British Museum

Number Two According to the passage, the site at Sutton Hoo is important because a) It was an ancient burial site b) Beowulf is buried there c) It has many pieces of Roman silver d) It is a window on a poorly understood period of history

Number Three The second-to-last paragraph draws a comparison between a) Ship building techniques in ancient Germanic cultures b) The world of the poem Beowulf with the world of the Anglo-Saxons c) Two different burial sites d) All of the above

Number Four Which of the following sentences from the passage best expresses its main idea? a) Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, in the English county of Suffolk, is the site of two 6 th- and early 7 th-century cemeteries. b) Sutton Hoo is of a primary importance to early medieval historians because it sheds light on a period of English history that is on the margin between myth, legend, and historical documentation. c) The ship-burial has from the time of its discovery prompted comparisons with the world described in the heroic Old English poem Beowulf, which is set in Denmark and southern Sweden. d) This also had burials under mounds, but was not known because they had long been flattened by agricultural activity.

Number Five Which paragraph makes the connection between the similarities of the ancient Germanic cultures? a) Paragraph 1 b) Paragraph 2 c) Paragraph 3 d) Paragraph 4

Number Six Judging from the passage, the author’s tone is a) Serious b) Witty c) Sarcastic d) Informative

Number Seven In Paragraph 2, the word ambiguous most nearly means a) Unclear b) Contradictory c) Misunderstood d) Untrue

Number Eight According to the passage, who was Raedwald? a) A king of the Angles b) A wealthy landowner c) A traveller from a foreign land d) A ship captain

Number Nine According to the passage, the “new” burial ground was discovered when a) Local landowners privately financed the discovery b) The new Exhibition Hall was ready to be built c) Farmers discovered the site d) None of the above

Number Ten If you were to correct the first sentence in Paragraph 1, what would be the best change? a) NO CHANGE b) Woodbridge in the English county c) Woodbridge, in the, English county d) Woodbridge, in the English county,