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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. How many of Boniface's letters survive today (at the printing of the text)?
(a) More than 200.
(b) 5.
(c) 124.
(d) Less than 100.

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

3. According to "The History of the English Church and People," how does Bede describe the complexions of the slaves seen by Gregory in the Roman marketplace?
(a) Blemished.
(b) Pock-marked.
(c) Darkened.
(d) Fair.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What adjective does the poet of "The Seafarer" use to describe the song that he sings of himself?

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

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

5. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?

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