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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I Saw a Strange Creature . . ..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?
(a) Only the lords.
(b) All priests.
(c) All men.
(d) Only the bards.

2. According to "The History of the English Church and People," how does Bede describe the complexions of the slaves seen by Gregory in the Roman marketplace?
(a) Darkened.
(b) Blemished.
(c) Pock-marked.
(d) Fair.

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

4. What causes Beowulf's death?
(a) Dragon fire.
(b) He falls from a cliff.
(c) Dragon bite.
(d) He drowns in the ocean.

5. What do some believe the "Exeter Book" has been used as in the past?
(a) Beer mat.
(b) All of those listed.
(c) Cutting Board.
(d) Bread and cheese board.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raided Lindisfarne on June 8, 793?

2. Who was the godson of Aethelstan?

3. During the conversation between the teacher and the fowler, what do readers find out the fowler "does" to birds "in many ways"?

4. At what age (the boys' age) did Irish monks begin to train Anglo-Saxon boys as novices?

5. What does "he wolde fandian" mean?

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