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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Letter to the English"?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Kent.
(c) Wulfstan.
(d) Canute.

2. Who translated Bede's "History of the English Church and People"?
(a) Sintertra.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Pound.

3. Wihtred was king over what people?
(a) South Dane.
(b) Geatland.
(c) Kent.
(d) Daneland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides "The Wife's Lament," what is the only other Anglo-Saxon poem written by a woman?

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

3. What is the name of Hrothgar's queen?

4. How many men does Grendel murder on his first attack on the mead-hall?

5. How many times a day does the shepard milk his sheep?

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