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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Charms and Remedies, and Allegory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Pope Gregory invite Augustine to convert the English to Christianity?
(a) 238.
(b) 342.
(c) 478.
(d) 597.

2. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?
(a) The Ruin.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Wulf.
(d) The Wanderer.

3. What does Beowulf use to fight Grendel?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A chain.
(c) Nothing--no weapon.
(d) A sword.

4. Whose will is the earliest surviving will of any Anglo-Saxon king?
(a) King Solomon.
(b) King Bede.
(c) King Hreather.
(d) King Alfred.

5. How many lines is "The Battle of Maldon" missing at the beginning?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. The object in the second stanza of "Thirty-One Riddles" is what by nature?

2. In King Alfred's preface to "St. Gregory's 'Pastoral Care,' who does he "bids greet"?

3. What is the name of "one of the most popular philosophical books of the Middle Ages"? (According to the author of the introduction.)

4. According to the author in the introduction what (other than "Beowulf") is the best -known Anglo-Saxon poem?

5. Whose translation of "The Wanderer" is best known?

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