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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) Drive oxen to field.
(b) Milk the goats.
(c) Feed the cattle.
(d) Start a fire.

2. Whose arrival signaled the Golden Age of Northumbria?
(a) Bede.
(b) Celtic monks.
(c) Cuthbert.
(d) Columbia.

3. Who does St. Gregory thank for having teachers "among us now"?
(a) God.
(b) Bede.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Waerferth.

4. According to "The History of the English Church and People," how does Bede describe the complexions of the slaves seen by Gregory in the Roman marketplace?
(a) Darkened.
(b) Blemished.
(c) Pock-marked.
(d) Fair.

5. What object was given "store" as seen in "Beowulf" and named to a recipient in one king's will?
(a) Throne chair.
(b) Shield.
(c) Sword.
(d) Goblet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the answer to the "best known riddle in this genre" (Anglo-Saxon literature)?

3. The riddles are described as being both "witty and obscene," and they are given this name?

4. In what year did Pope Gregory invite Augustine to convert the English to Christianity?

5. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?

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