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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was "Letter to the English" meant to act as moral support for?
2. In "The Husband's Message" how many times does the husband remind his wife of their oath of marriage?
3. Who is jealous of Beowulf?
4. What is Grendel unable to approach in Heorot?
5. Why, according to Wihtred's law number 4, will foreigners be forced to "depart from the land with their goods and their sins"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the procedure of lawsuits for Anglo-Saxons.
2. What is the topic of the six "so-called Elegies"?
3. Why does the author of the introduction to "The Elegies" state that "The Ruin" is "an antiquarian's delight"?
4. What were the two key relationships at the heart of Anglo-Saxon society?
5. According to the author of the introduction to "Heroic Poems," what purpose do/did the heroic poems serve historically?
6. What were the many reasons that Bede was renowned?
7. Why does the author of the introduction to "Heroic Poems" call "The Battle of Maldon" one of "the best battle poems in the English language"?
8. What were some of the earliest codes found to survive from the kingdom of Kent (690-725)?
9. What was the purpose of the "Easter Tables"?
10. What is the basis of all elegies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Kennings and alliteration were used throughout Beowulf and the Elegies. Why was the use of both poetic devices important to the oral tradition of Anglo-Saxon literature? In what ways did the use of kennings and alliteration help to insure the passage of the tales throughout time?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think that riddles where important during the Anglo-Saxon period? What purpose did they serve? Why did they focus on the themes they did?
Essay Topic 3
"Beowulf" has distinct imagery associated with light and dark. Choose three light images in the text; define the image, and show the contrasting dark image. Please explain the images use in the text. What purpose do the images serve?
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