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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. In what year was Bede born?
(a) 673.
(b) 682.
(c) 668.
(d) 609.

2. According to the author, what did Anglo-Saxons fail to do for their poetry?
(a) Honor God.
(b) Pay hommage to their past.
(c) Title them.
(d) Follow the "code".

3. 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 solicitor.
(c) A priest.
(d) A law writer.

4. What is the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?
(a) Cleric-bards,
(b) Soothslayers.
(c) Wyrds.
(d) Folk-moots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Battle of Maldon," who "over-confidently allowed the Danes to cross the causeway"?

2. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?

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

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

5. When does the author believe that "Waldere" was written?

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