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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 name of the man that Beowulf challenges to a swimming race?
(a) Brecca.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Hrunting.
(d) Wiglaf.

2. What is the name of the hero in "The Finnesburh Fragment"?
(a) Hengest.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Wyglaf.
(d) Hrothgar.

3. What is the name of Hrothgar's mead-hall?
(a) Hrendrelth.
(b) Hroegrath.
(c) Hell's Hall.
(d) Heorot.

4. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?
(a) Anger.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Saddness.
(d) Grief.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author in the introduction to the Heroic Poems section state is the "finest expression of the code" (the Germanic Heroic code)?

2. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?

3. How was the history and legends of the Anglo-Saxons transmitted?

4. What is Grendel unable to approach in Heorot?

5. How many shillings will it cost someone if they were to "breach the Church's protection"?

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