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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. In "The Battle of Maldon," who does Byrhtnoth order to dismount?
(a) Every warrior.
(b) The priest.
(c) His bard.
(d) His wife.

2. According to the introduction of Example and Exhortation, what language did King Alfred learn to translate texts into the "vernacular" of?
(a) French.
(b) Celtic.
(c) Druid.
(d) Latin.

3. In the stanza that begins "I saw a creature," what sticks out behind the creature?
(a) His stomach.
(b) A row of spines.
(c) His foot.
(d) His tail.

4. In King Alfred's preface to "St. Gregory's 'Pastoral Care,' who does he "bids greet"?
(a) Humber.
(b) Rominast.
(c) Bishop Waerferth.
(d) Bede.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction to "Greetings in Christ," who possessed "the sword of Constantine the Great"?

2. In "The Finnesburh Fragment," what does the first line say is "not burning"?

3. In what book are the "six so-called Elegies" found?

4. In "Greetings in Christ," what does the author of the section say are susceptible to the "wear and tear of centuries"?

5. Where did the act of freeing a slave take place to "prevent subsequent violation"?

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