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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Laws, and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 barrister.
(b) A priest.
(c) A solicitor.
(d) A law writer.

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

3. During what century did the first Anglo-Saxon settlers migrate to England?
(a) 7th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 8th.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to The Laws of Wihtred, who is free from taxation?

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

3. Why does the author say that Alfred failed to put some laws into writing?

4. In a trial by ordeal, which rule speaks to the fine one would pay if found invalid and having broken the rules of the trial by ordeal?

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

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