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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Example and Exhortation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what century were the Anglo-Saxons converted to Christianity?
(a) 5th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 7th.

2. Who was the patron saint of Northumbria?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Cuthbert.
(c) Renche.
(d) Bede.

3. What does the Introduction to the Law section say was gagged upon when fed to Ecclesiastics if they were found guilty?
(a) Mashed grains.
(b) Consecrated wine.
(c) Saturated wheat.
(d) Bread and cheese.

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

5. What is the name of the High Priest who "replied without hesitation in "King Edwin's Council"?
(a) Paulinus.
(b) Derwent.
(c) Flambert.
(d) Coifi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author say that Alfred failed to put some laws into writing?

2. How many men does Grendel murder just before his fight with Beowulf?

3. What was the name of the first book that King Alfred translated into the vernacular?

4. Who made the weapon with which Beowulf beheads Grendel's mother?

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

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