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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sermon, and Destiny.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Byrhthelm in "The Battle of Maldon," who alone can say who would control the battle field?
(a) God.
(b) The queen.
(c) The peasantry.
(d) He, himself.

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

3. In "Deor", what did Weland "well know about"?
(a) Exile.
(b) Victory.
(c) Honor.
(d) Hommage.

4. Where is Beowulf from?
(a) Geatland.
(b) England.
(c) Britland.
(d) Scotland.

5. What kingdom does the author of the introduction to "Greetings in Christ" say the "boys" came from?
(a) Deira.
(b) Northumbria.
(c) Lul.
(d) South Daneland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position was Candidus set to take up in Gaul?

2. The riddles are described as being both "witty and obscene," and they are given this name?

3. What is the name of the person that "was a crucial member of a tribe or a society" and existed as "a living memory"?

4. How many men does Grendel murder on his first attack on the mead-hall?

5. What is the answer to the "best known riddle in this genre" (Anglo-Saxon literature)?

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