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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Hope.
(c) Saddness.
(d) Honesty.

2. According to the author, what did Anglo-Saxons fail to do for their poetry?
(a) Honor God.
(b) Follow the "code".
(c) Pay hommage to their past.
(d) Title them.

3. How many shillings will it cost someone if they were to "breach the Church's protection"?
(a) 50 shillings.
(b) 25 shilings.
(c) 75 shillings.
(d) 15 shillings.

4. In "The Husband's Message" how many times does the husband remind his wife of their oath of marriage?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 1 time.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 10 times.

5. In what year was Cuthbert's coffin opened in Durham Cathedral?
(a) 1010.
(b) 1104.
(c) 1005.
(d) 985.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translated Bede's "History of the English Church and People"?

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

3. Whose arrival signaled the Golden Age of Northumbria?

4. What does Beowulf give to Wiglaf to signify Wiglaf's rise to king?

5. Who helped Beowulf fight the dragon?

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