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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. How many shillings will it cost someone if they were to "breach the Church's protection"?
(a) 15 shillings.
(b) 50 shillings.
(c) 25 shilings.
(d) 75 shillings.

2. Who does the author of "The Battle of Brunanburh" state is a "man of discretion"?
(a) Grebes.
(b) Stolkharth.
(c) Byrnth.
(d) Constantine.

3. According to Wihtred's law 9, how much money is a servant to pay if he is found guilty of working between Saturday evening and Sunday evening?
(a) 80 sceattas.
(b) 100 sceattas.
(c) 25 sceattas.
(d) 50 sceattas.

4. What does the word "wergild" mean?
(a) The naming of a bard.
(b) A families land.
(c) A man's value.
(d) The succession of kinship.

5. Who is the first century Roman historian that the author claims is the best source for "information about Germanic tribes"?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Herodotus.
(d) Tacitus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?

2. Who wrote "Letter to the English"?

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 was the history and legends of the Anglo-Saxons transmitted?

5. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?

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