The Anglo-Saxon World Quiz Questions | Quiz: Example and Exhortation

Quiz: Example and Exhortation

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Who, living between the years 955-1020, does the author of the introduction to Example and Exhortation state was the "most significant figure in this age of religious and educational reform"?
a) Aristotle.
b) Colombus.
c) Aelfric.
d) Bede.

2. What does "he wolde fandian" mean?
a) He would vanquish.
b) He traveled the world.
c) He fashioned the world.
d) He wanted to search.

3. Who said "What use is the abundance of books if there are none to read and understand them?"
a) Alcuin of York.
b) Bede.
c) Columbia.
d) Asser.

4. According to Aelfric, who was "cruelly martyred" in 870 after he refused to give the Danes "wergild"?
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