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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?
(a) All men.
(b) All priests.
(c) Only the bards.
(d) Only the lords.

2. Besides "The Wife's Lament," what is the only other Anglo-Saxon poem written by a woman?
(a) Wulf.
(b) The Promise
(c) The Marriage-Oath.
(d) Brazen.

3. What two words were used in a trial by ordeal to define the seriousness of the crime?
(a) "MIsendon" and "Candicet".
(b) "Single" and "Threefold".
(c) "Misson" and "Molten".
(d) "Thricen" and "Shrine".

4. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?
(a) Saddness.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Hope.
(d) Solitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beowulf tear off of Grendel?

2. In what book are the "six so-called Elegies" found?

3. How many men, in a trial by ordeal, are required to test the heat of the water?

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

5. According to Byrhthelm in "The Battle of Maldon," who alone can say who would control the battle field?

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