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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sermon, and Destiny.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the conversation between the teacher and the fowler, what do readers find out the fowler "does" to birds "in many ways"?
(a) Damages them.
(b) Fools them.
(c) Entrances them.
(d) Entices them.

3. During what century were the Anglo-Saxons converted to Christianity?
(a) 10th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 5th.

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

5. How many pounds of silver and gold did Ethelred pay to Vikings for ransom?
(a) 10 thousand.
(b) 22 thousand.
(c) 2 thousand.
(d) 6 thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?

2. Who does Hrothgar know from Beowulf's family?

3. Who was the king, whose will is the earliest surviving of Anglo-Saxon history, preoccupied with threat by?

4. Where is Beowulf from?

5. 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"?

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