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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "The Ruin," what does the author name as "wondrous" and "wrecked by fate"?
(a) A stone-wall.
(b) An affair.
(c) A whale-path.
(d) A love lost.

3. What does Beowulf use to fight Grendel?
(a) A sword.
(b) A chain.
(c) Nothing--no weapon.
(d) A dagger.

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

5. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?
(a) Reference.
(b) Truth.
(c) Time.
(d) Mood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the word "wergild" mean?

3. What does the Introduction to the Law section say was gagged upon when fed to Ecclesiastics if they were found guilty?

4. During what century did the first Anglo-Saxon settlers migrate to England?

5. In "Deor", what did Weland "well know about"?

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