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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the author states in the introduction to "I Saw a Creature...," what do some riddles reflect?
(a) The turmoil of the times.
(b) Recollections of seafareres.
(c) Memories of times at their best.
(d) The normal grind of everyday life.

2. What was the name of the first book that King Alfred translated into the vernacular?
(a) "Pastoral Care."
(b) "Historical Moments in the Catholic Church."
(c) "Sins and Sinners."
(d) "The Importnace of Christianity."

3. What physical feature did Gregory state made the name of the "Angles" appropriate?
(a) Their hands.
(b) Their faces.
(c) Their hair.
(d) Their bowed heads.

4. In "A Colloquy" what profession does the pupil have?
(a) A hunter.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A ploughman.
(d) A monk.

5. What was the first use of the runic alphabet?
(a) Education of slaves.
(b) Rituals.
(c) Magic.
(d) Education of children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Greetings in Christ," what does the author of the section say are susceptible to the "wear and tear of centuries"?

2. How many poems are included in the canon of the "Exeter Book"?

3. Who said "What use is the abundance of books if there are none to read and understand them?"

4. What is the traditional kenning for a wife?

5. In the stanza that begins "I saw a creature," what sticks out behind the creature?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways was the "Exeter Book" used prior to the book's importance being known?

2. What are the four things that the shepherd does every day?

3. What was the reason that many Anglos found it necessary to learn the English language?

4. What was the purpose of "An Estate Memorandum"?

5. What does the ploughman say his day is spent doing?

6. Where was the greatest amount of scientific prose found in Anglo-Saxon literature?

7. Why did Pope Gregory I write a letter to Candidus?

8. Describe the appearance of the slaves that Gregory I came across prior to becoming Pope.

9. To whose writings are the Anglo-Saxon riddles compared?

10. What does the hunter receive in return for the beasts that he slays for his king?

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