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

2. What is the traditional kenning for a wife?
(a) Home-taker.
(b) Peace-weaver.
(c) Care-granter.
(d) Child-bearer.

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

4. Where was Boniface leading a mission when he was killed?
(a) Northumbrian.
(b) Lul.
(c) Frisia.
(d) Fulrad.

5. What physical feature did Gregory state made the name of the "Angles" appropriate?
(a) Their hands.
(b) Their bowed heads.
(c) Their hair.
(d) Their faces.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what book are the "six so-called Elegies" found?

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

3. What is the name of the woman who "begged men from Cwaespatric"?

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

5. According to the introduction to "Greetings in Christ," who possessed "the sword of Constantine the Great"?

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