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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. What is the name of the man that Beowulf challenges to a swimming race?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Brecca.
(c) Wiglaf.
(d) Hrunting.

2. In "A Colloquy" what does the pupil say he prefer to ignorance?
(a) To be flogged.
(b) To be mute.
(c) To be imprisoned.
(d) To be exiled.

3. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?
(a) 524.
(b) 695.
(c) 1210.
(d) 875.

4. Where was Boniface leading a mission when he was killed?
(a) Fulrad.
(b) Frisia.
(c) Lul.
(d) Northumbrian.

5. How many charters and grants survive from the Anglo-Saxon period?
(a) 200.
(b) More than 1,600.
(c) 5.
(d) 1589.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what book are the "six so-called Elegies" found?

2. 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"?

3. What is the name of "one of the most popular philosophical books of the Middle Ages"? (According to the author of the introduction.)

4. What is the name of the island that Cuthbert died on?

5. According to the introduction to "Greetings in Christ," who possessed "the sword of Constantine the Great"?

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