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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 raided Lindisfarne on June 8, 793?
(a) Vikings.
(b) Celtic monks.
(c) Christians.
(d) Pagan heathens.

2. Where, according to the excerpt from "The History of the English Church and People," had the slaves that Gregory saw hail from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Britian.
(c) France.
(d) Northumberland.

3. What adjective does the poet of "The Seafarer" use to describe the song that he sings of himself?
(a) Sad.
(b) Dorment.
(c) True.
(d) Angry.

4. Who is named in the opening line of "A Grant of Land at Crediton"?
(a) Columbia.
(b) God.
(c) Bede.
(d) King Alfred.

5. Besides "The Wife's Lament," what is the only other Anglo-Saxon poem written by a woman?
(a) Brazen.
(b) The Marriage-Oath.
(c) The Promise
(d) Wulf.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position was Candidus set to take up in Gaul?

3. In "The Ruin," what does the author name as "wondrous" and "wrecked by fate"?

4. What kingdom does the author of the introduction to "Greetings in Christ" say the "boys" came from?

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

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