1. Sutton Hoo ACT Prep
September 13, 2012

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

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

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

5. Number Four
Which of the following sentences from the passage best expresses its main idea?
Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, in the English county of Suffolk, is the site of two 6th- and early 7th-century cemeteries.
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.
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.
This also had burials under mounds, but was not known because they had long been flattened by agricultural activity.

6. Number Five
Which paragraph makes the connection between the similarities of the ancient Germanic cultures?
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4

7. Number Six Judging from the passage, the author’s tone is Serious
Witty
Sarcastic
Informative

8. Number Seven In Paragraph 2, the word ambiguous most nearly means
Unclear
Contradictory
Misunderstood
Untrue

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

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

11. Number Ten
If you were to correct the first sentence in Paragraph 1, what would be the best change?
NO CHANGE
Woodbridge in the English county
Woodbridge, in the, English county
Woodbridge, in the English county,