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

2. What does the "metrical irregularity" of the charms point to?
(a) A Norse tradition.
(b) A written tradition.
(c) An oral tradition.
(d) A Celtic tradition.

3. How many shillings will it cost someone if they were to "breach the Church's protection"?
(a) 50 shillings.
(b) 15 shillings.
(c) 75 shillings.
(d) 25 shilings.

4. What is the oldest surviving poem written in Old English?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Hymn.
(c) Wulf.
(d) The Dream of the Rood.

5. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?
(a) The Ruin.
(b) The Wanderer.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Wulf.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Grant of Land at Crediton," the king of what area gave land to be used for a monastary?

2. Who raided Lindisfarne on June 8, 793?

3. Where, according to the excerpt from "The History of the English Church and People," had the slaves that Gregory saw hail from?

4. Who was the king, whose will is the earliest surviving of Anglo-Saxon history, preoccupied with threat by?

5. What "paths" must the wanderer follow given "fate is inflexible"?

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