The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Kevin Crossley-Holland
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Kevin Crossley-Holland
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Charters, Tracts, and Wills.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides "The Wife's Lament," what is the only other Anglo-Saxon poem written by a woman?
(a) The Marriage-Oath.
(b) The Promise
(c) Brazen.
(d) Wulf.

2. What object was given "store" as seen in "Beowulf" and named to a recipient in one king's will?
(a) Shield.
(b) Sword.
(c) Throne chair.
(d) Goblet.

3. How many poems are included in the canon of the "Exeter Book"?
(a) 96.
(b) 52.
(c) 78.
(d) 114.

4. What position was Candidus set to take up in Gaul?
(a) Cardinal.
(b) Senior churchman.
(c) Deacon.
(d) Senior monk.

5. What was the first English secular biography?
(a) "Common Sense."
(b) "Charlemagne."
(c) "Life of King Alfred."
(d) "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hrothgar promise Beowulf for killing Grendel?

2. In the "Grant of Land at Crediton," the king of what area gave land to be used for a monastary?

3. What does the word "wergild" mean?

4. Why, according to Wihtred's law number 4, will foreigners be forced to "depart from the land with their goods and their sins"?

5. Where did the act of freeing a slave take place to "prevent subsequent violation"?

(see the answer key)

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