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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In King Alfred's preface to "St. Gregory's 'Pastoral Care,' who does he "bids greet"?
(a) Rominast.
(b) Bede.
(c) Humber.
(d) Bishop Waerferth.

2. 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) Solitude.
(d) Grief.

3. What causes Beowulf's death?
(a) Dragon bite.
(b) Dragon fire.
(c) He falls from a cliff.
(d) He drowns in the ocean.

4. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?
(a) Truth.
(b) Reference.
(c) Time.
(d) Mood.

5. What is the name of "one of the most popular philosophical books of the Middle Ages"? (According to the author of the introduction.)
(a) "Consolation of Philosophy."
(b) "Intermediate Teachings of Higher Thought."
(c) "Ancient Beliefs and Modern Philosophies."
(d) "Justifications of Philosophical Thought."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was "Letter to the English" meant to act as moral support for?

2. According to Aelfric, who was "cruelly martyred" in 870 after he refused to give the Danes "wergild"?

3. What two words were used in a trial by ordeal to define the seriousness of the crime?

4. In what year was Cuthbert's coffin opened in Durham Cathedral?

5. At the time of the meeting between the teacher and the hunter, why had the hunter not hunted "today"?

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