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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 "Cuthbert's Death and Disinterment," what type of home did Cuthbert seek out?
(a) Forbidden home.
(b) Heavenly home.
(c) Island home.
(d) Godly home.

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

3. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?
(a) A new love.
(b) A new lord.
(c) A new wife.
(d) A new ship.

4. During the conversation between the teacher and the fowler, what do readers find out the fowler "does" to birds "in many ways"?
(a) Damages them.
(b) Entices them.
(c) Entrances them.
(d) Fools them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Beowulf from?

2. In "A Colloquy" what does the pupil say he prefer to ignorance?

3. What does Hrothgar promise Beowulf for killing Grendel?

4. What was the first English secular biography?

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

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