The Quiz: The British Library has the only manuscript of what Old English epic poem?
The Aeneid
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Faerie Queene
Beowulf
With more than 3,000 lines, “Beowulf” is the longest epic poem ever written in Old English. The original manuscript of the poem is stored at the British Library, where it has been held since 1973. The poem is believed to have been written toward the end of the 10th century CE, but as no date is given in the text, researchers rely on imprecise handwriting analysis to guess a time frame.
The correct answer to this quiz is Beowulf.