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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped Beowulf fight the dragon?
(a) Unferth.
(b) Hrethric.
(c) Wiglaf.
(d) Hrothgar.

2. In "The Battle of Maldon," who "over-confidently allowed the Danes to cross the causeway"?
(a) Bede.
(b) King Alfred.
(c) Byrhtnoth.
(d) King of Wessex.

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

4. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?
(a) In a barn.
(b) In a foreign castle.
(c) In an earth-cave.
(d) In a well.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?

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

3. In "The Wanderer," from whom does the wanderer plead for pity and mercy?

4. What is Grendel unable to approach in Heorot?

5. 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?

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