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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. In "The Wanderer," from whom does the wanderer plead for pity and mercy?
(a) His wife.
(b) The sea.
(c) His lord.
(d) God.

2. In what year was the "terrible winter" in "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"?
(a) 631.
(b) 847.
(c) 296.
(d) 763.

3. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?
(a) Anger.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Grief.
(d) Saddness.

4. What is embedded in the hilt of the sword of Constantine the Great?
(a) A Widow's mite.
(b) A nail from the Cross.
(c) A parable from the Book of Mathew.
(d) A marking denoting the Annunciation.

5. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?
(a) In a barn.
(b) In a well.
(c) In a foreign castle.
(d) In an earth-cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Boniface born?

2. In late Anglo-Saxon England, what were women at liberty to accept or reject?

3. In "The Husband's Message" how many times does the husband remind his wife of their oath of marriage?

4. Whose translation of "The Wanderer" is best known?

5. Under what circumstances could a wife obtain all of the husband's suit?

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