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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. According to the author in the introduction what (other than "Beowulf") is the best -known Anglo-Saxon poem?
(a) "The Husband's Message."
(b) "The Wanderer."
(c) "The Wife's Lament."
(d) "The Seafarer."

2. In what year was Boniface born?
(a) 698.
(b) 675.
(c) 655.
(d) 702.

3. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?
(a) Time.
(b) Reference.
(c) Truth.
(d) Mood.

4. What object was given "store" as seen in "Beowulf" and named to a recipient in one king's will?
(a) Goblet.
(b) Sword.
(c) Throne chair.
(d) Shield.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?

2. Who was the king, whose will is the earliest surviving of Anglo-Saxon history, preoccupied with threat by?

3. According to the author, what did Anglo-Saxons fail to do for their poetry?

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

5. What physical feature did Gregory state made the name of the "Angles" appropriate?

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