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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Beowulf use to fight Grendel?
(a) Nothing--no weapon.
(b) A sword.
(c) A chain.
(d) A dagger.

3. Who does St. Gregory thank for having teachers "among us now"?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Waerferth.
(c) God.
(d) Bede.

4. According to The Laws of Wihtred, who is free from taxation?
(a) Knights.
(b) The Bards.
(c) Scops.
(d) The Church.

5. What was the name of the first book that King Alfred translated into the vernacular?
(a) "Sins and Sinners."
(b) "Pastoral Care."
(c) "The Importnace of Christianity."
(d) "Historical Moments in the Catholic Church."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grendel unable to approach in Heorot?

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

3. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?

4. Who is Grendel a descendant of?

5. How many men, in a trial by ordeal, are required to test the heat of the water?

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