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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Charms and Remedies, and Allegory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some believe the "Exeter Book" has been used as in the past?
(a) Bread and cheese board.
(b) All of those listed.
(c) Beer mat.
(d) Cutting Board.

2. Where was Boniface leading a mission when he was killed?
(a) Lul.
(b) Fulrad.
(c) Northumbrian.
(d) Frisia.

3. According to Aelfric, who was "cruelly martyred" in 870 after he refused to give the Danes "wergild"?
(a) St. Peter.
(b) St. Roslin.
(c) St. Edmund.
(d) St. Matthew.

4. Why does the author say that Alfred failed to put some laws into writing?
(a) They were based on common sense.
(b) They were based upon critical thought.
(c) They were only meant for those who could not read.
(d) They only refered to those who were poor.

5. Who wrote "Letter to the English"?
(a) Canute.
(b) Kent.
(c) Wulfstan.
(d) Alfred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is named in the opening line of "A Grant of Land at Crediton"?

2. In what year was the "Exeter Book" bequeathed to the Cathedral Library?

3. What was the name of the monk in the monastery at Ramsey who complied a handbook on computus?

4. In what year was the "terrible winter" in "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"?

5. What does Beowulf use to fight Grendel?

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