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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 to recognize the king's laws."
(b) If they fail the rights of passage."
(c) If they "refuse to succumb to fate."
(d) If they do not "rugularize their marriage."

2. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?
(a) The Ruin.
(b) The Wanderer.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Wulf.

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

4. In "The Battle of Maldon," who does Byrhtnoth order to dismount?
(a) Every warrior.
(b) His wife.
(c) His bard.
(d) The priest.

5. Who does the author of "The Battle of Brunanburh" state is a "man of discretion"?
(a) Grebes.
(b) Constantine.
(c) Byrnth.
(d) Stolkharth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words were used in a trial by ordeal to define the seriousness of the crime?

2. In "The Battle of Maldon," who "over-confidently allowed the Danes to cross the causeway"?

3. In "The Husband's Message" how many times does the husband remind his wife of their oath of marriage?

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

5. In "Germania," what is stated as the reason a chief fights?

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