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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 is the name of Hrothgar's queen?
(a) Ecgtheow.
(b) Halga.
(c) Wealhtheow.
(d) Hygd.

2. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?
(a) A new lord.
(b) A new love.
(c) A new ship.
(d) A new wife.

3. In how many "key relationships" did the heart of the Anglo-Saxon society lay?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. What is the name of "one of the most popular philosophical books of the Middle Ages"? (According to the author of the introduction.)
(a) "Ancient Beliefs and Modern Philosophies."
(b) "Consolation of Philosophy."
(c) "Justifications of Philosophical Thought."
(d) "Intermediate Teachings of Higher Thought."

5. What was the name of the first book that King Alfred translated into the vernacular?
(a) "Pastoral Care."
(b) "Sins and Sinners."
(c) "Historical Moments in the Catholic Church."
(d) "The Importnace of Christianity."

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. What does the first object in "Thirty-One Riddles" plunge through?

3. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?

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

5. What is the alternate name that the introduction to "I Saw a Strange Creature..." gives to kennings?

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