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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 does the word "wergild" mean?
(a) A families land.
(b) The naming of a bard.
(c) A man's value.
(d) The succession of kinship.

2. What does the author in the introduction to the Heroic Poems section state is the "finest expression of the code" (the Germanic Heroic code)?
(a) "Beowulf."
(b) "The Finnesburh Fragment."
(c) "The Battle of Maldon."
(d) "Deor."

3. What causes Beowulf's death?
(a) He drowns in the ocean.
(b) Dragon fire.
(c) Dragon bite.
(d) He falls from a cliff.

4. In what year was Bede born?
(a) 668.
(b) 682.
(c) 609.
(d) 673.

5. How was the history and legends of the Anglo-Saxons transmitted?
(a) Word of mouth.
(b) They were not discovered until late in the 14th century and then written down.
(c) Written anthologies.
(d) Canons.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the riddles in the "Exeter Book" was used "to show the way in which the runic alphabet was a kind of"?

2. When does the author believe that "Waldere" was written?

3. What physical feature did Gregory state made the name of the "Angles" appropriate?

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

5. What is the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?

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