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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. Who was the king, whose will is the earliest surviving of Anglo-Saxon history, preoccupied with threat by?
(a) Danes.
(b) Geats.
(c) Swedes.
(d) Northumberlands.

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

3. According to the introduction to "Greetings in Christ," who possessed "the sword of Constantine the Great"?
(a) Aethelstan.
(b) Alan the Geat.
(c) St. Maurice.
(d) Colombia.

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

5. In how many "key relationships" did the heart of the Anglo-Saxon society lay?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what book are the "six so-called Elegies" found?

2. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?

3. In what century was "An Estate Memorandum" written?

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

5. Who was the godson of Aethelstan?

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