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

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

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

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

5. In "The Wanderer," from whom does the wanderer plead for pity and mercy?
(a) The sea.
(b) His wife.
(c) His lord.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose will is the earliest surviving will of any Anglo-Saxon king?

2. What was the name of the most powerful English king "prior to Alfred"?

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

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

5. In what year did Alcuin of York leave England at the request of Charlemagne?

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