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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. At dawn what is the first thing that the ploughman does in the morning?
(a) Milk the goats.
(b) Feed the cattle.
(c) Drive oxen to field.
(d) Start a fire.

2. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?
(a) Saddness.
(b) Hope.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Solitude.

3. According to Wihtred's law 9, how much money is a servant to pay if he is found guilty of working between Saturday evening and Sunday evening?
(a) 100 sceattas.
(b) 25 sceattas.
(c) 80 sceattas.
(d) 50 sceattas.

4. In "A Colloquy" what profession does the pupil have?
(a) A ploughman.
(b) A hunter.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A monk.

5. What does "he wolde fandian" mean?
(a) He traveled the world.
(b) He would vanquish.
(c) He wanted to search.
(d) He fashioned the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is embedded in the hilt of the sword of Constantine the Great?

2. Who was the prior of the monastery at Dol Brittany in 924?

3. According to the introduction of Example and Exhortation, what language did King Alfred learn to translate texts into the "vernacular" of?

4. What does Beowulf tear off of Grendel?

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

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