13. Q. After the departure of the Romans, from whom did the Britons ask help to repel the invasions of the Picts and Scots? A. The Angles and Saxons from North Germany.
14. Q. After defeating the Picts and Scots what conquest did the Angles and Saxons then attempt? A. That of Britain itself.
15. Q. What two brother chieftains were leaders of the early invasions of the Saxons? A. Hengist and Horsa.
16. Q. What name is especially famous among those who resisted the Saxons? A. That of King Arthur.
17. Q. What was the religion of the Saxon conquerors of Britain? A. Paganism.
18. Q. About the year 600 A. D. who were sent by Pope Gregory to England as missionaries? A. St. Augustine and forty monks.
19. Q. What Pagan king became a convert to the Christian faith, through the labors of these missionaries? A. Ethelbert, the king of Kent.
20. Q. On the Christmas after the baptism of the king, how many of the people, is it related, followed his example? A. Ten thousand.
21. Q. Who first united the seven Saxon kingdoms called the Heptarchy into one kingdom called England? A. Egbert of Essex, in 827.
22. Q. How long did the Saxon line, beginning with Egbert, govern England? A. For 190 years.