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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 wanderer's "best source of comfort lie"?
(a) In his lord.
(b) In hope for land.
(c) In his sails.
(d) In himself.

2. 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) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. When does the author believe that "Waldere" was written?
(a) 12th century.
(b) 8th century.
(c) 5th century.
(d) 10th century.

4. How many men, in a trial by ordeal, are required to test the heat of the water?
(a) 3 from "each side".
(b) 4 from "each side".
(c) 1 from "each side".
(d) 2 from "each side".

5. Where is Hrothgar's kingdom?
(a) East Saxon.
(b) Northumbria.
(c) Daneland.
(d) Hwicca.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grendel unable to approach in Heorot?

2. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?

3. What is the name of the man that Beowulf challenges to a swimming race?

4. Who wrote "Letter to the English"?

5. What does Beowulf use to fight Grendel?

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