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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. Where did the act of freeing a slave take place to "prevent subsequent violation"?
(a) At the lord's home.
(b) At an alter.
(c) In a court.
(d) In the town square.

2. Whose will is the earliest surviving will of any Anglo-Saxon king?
(a) King Alfred.
(b) King Solomon.
(c) King Hreather.
(d) King Bede.

3. What is the name of the woman who "begged men from Cwaespatric"?
(a) Geatfleda.
(b) Norschairt.
(c) Slavariac.
(d) Fromberge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?

4. What adjective does the poet of "The Seafarer" use to describe the song that he sings of himself?

5. Where was Boniface leading a mission when he was killed?

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