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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Kingdom of God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was "Letter to the English" meant to act as moral support for?
(a) Prince Kent.
(b) Duke Sententon.
(c) King Alfred.
(d) Earl Thorkel.

2. Who made the weapon with which Beowulf beheads Grendel's mother?
(a) Geats.
(b) Elves.
(c) Danes.
(d) Giants.

3. Whose arrival signaled the Golden Age of Northumbria?
(a) Bede.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Celtic monks.
(d) Cuthbert.

4. Who wrote "Letter to the English"?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Wulfstan.
(c) Canute.
(d) Kent.

5. Who does the author in the introduction to the Laws section say, "most of us" need to turn to in order to "establish the exact wording of a law"?
(a) A priest.
(b) A law writer.
(c) A solicitor.
(d) A barrister.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Byrhthelm in "The Battle of Maldon," who alone can say who would control the battle field?

2. According to the introduction to the Heroic Poems section, what do heroic poems link our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to?

3. In "The Husband's Message" how many times does the husband remind his wife of their oath of marriage?

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

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

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