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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epic: Beowulf.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author state that the emotional center of "Deor" lies (which lines)?
(a) The first four lines.
(b) The first eight.
(c) The last eight.
(d) The center stanza.

2. Why, according to Wihtred's law number 4, will foreigners be forced to "depart from the land with their goods and their sins"?
(a) If they fail the rights of passage."
(b) If they "refuse to succumb to fate."
(c) If they "fail to recognize the king's laws."
(d) If they do not "rugularize their marriage."

3. What does Beowulf tear off of Grendel?
(a) His leg.
(b) His arm.
(c) His tail.
(d) His hand.

4. How many lines is "The Battle of Maldon" missing at the beginning?
(a) 10.
(b) 100.
(c) 25.
(d) 50.

5. In a trial by ordeal, which rule speaks to the fine one would pay if found invalid and having broken the rules of the trial by ordeal?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wihtred's law 9, how much money is a servant to pay if he is found guilty of working between Saturday evening and Sunday evening?

2. What is the name of Hrothgar's mead-hall?

3. What is the name of the hero in "The Finnesburh Fragment"?

4. Where does the wanderer's "best source of comfort lie"?

5. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?

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