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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epic: Beowulf.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Grendel a descendant of?
(a) Cain.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) God.

2. In how many "key relationships" did the heart of the Anglo-Saxon society lay?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. What is the name of Hrothgar's mead-hall?
(a) Hroegrath.
(b) Hrendrelth.
(c) Hell's Hall.
(d) Heorot.

4. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?
(a) 524.
(b) 875.
(c) 695.
(d) 1210.

5. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?
(a) A new lord.
(b) A new ship.
(c) A new love.
(d) A new wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what century did the first Anglo-Saxon settlers migrate to England?

2. In "The Wanderer," from whom does the wanderer plead for pity and mercy?

3. What does Beowulf give to Wiglaf to signify Wiglaf's rise to king?

4. Who wrote "Letter to the English"?

5. In "The Ruin," what does the author name as "wondrous" and "wrecked by fate"?

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