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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) His lord.
(c) The sea.
(d) God.

2. In the "Grant of Land at Crediton," the king of what area gave land to be used for a monastary?
(a) Ireland.
(b) West Saxons.
(c) South Danes.
(d) Northumberland.

3. How many charters and grants survive from the Anglo-Saxon period?
(a) 200.
(b) 1589.
(c) More than 1,600.
(d) 5.

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

5. In "The Ruin," what does the author name as "wondrous" and "wrecked by fate"?
(a) A love lost.
(b) A stone-wall.
(c) An affair.
(d) A whale-path.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the act of freeing a slave take place to "prevent subsequent violation"?

2. In what year was the "terrible winter" in "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"?

3. What is the traditional kenning for a wife?

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

5. What object was given "store" as seen in "Beowulf" and named to a recipient in one king's will?

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