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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?
(a) Wyrds.
(b) Soothslayers.
(c) Cleric-bards,
(d) Folk-moots.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?

2. How many men does Grendel murder on his first attack on the mead-hall?

3. What is the name of the person that "was a crucial member of a tribe or a society" and existed as "a living memory"?

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

5. According to Wihtred's law 9, how much money is a servant to pay if he is found guilty of working between Saturday evening and Sunday evening?

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