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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Beowulf from?
(a) Scotland.
(b) England.
(c) Britland.
(d) Geatland.

3. According to the introduction to the Heroic Poems section, what do heroic poems link our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to?
(a) Geatland origins.
(b) European origins.
(c) Dutch origins.
(d) French origins.

4. During what century did the first Anglo-Saxon settlers migrate to England?
(a) 6th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 7th.

5. What does the word "wergild" mean?
(a) A man's value.
(b) A families land.
(c) The naming of a bard.
(d) The succession of kinship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the author in the introduction to the Laws section say, "most of us" need to turn to in order to "establish the exact wording of a law"?

3. Other than paying six shillings to his lord for riding "on his own business on that day," what can a servant choose as his punishment?

4. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?

5. What is the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?

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