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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. What is the name of the woman who "begged men from Cwaespatric"?
(a) Slavariac.
(b) Geatfleda.
(c) Norschairt.
(d) Fromberge.

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

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

4. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?
(a) A new ship.
(b) A new wife.
(c) A new lord.
(d) A new love.

5. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?
(a) Saddness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Grief.
(d) Solitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the wanderer's "best source of comfort lie"?

2. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?

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

4. Who was the godson of Aethelstan?

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

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