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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Laws, and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other than paying six shillings to his lord for riding "on his own business on that day," what can a servant choose as his punishment?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Flogging.
(c) Pressing.
(d) Stoning.

2. What does the Introduction to the Law section say was gagged upon when fed to Ecclesiastics if they were found guilty?
(a) Bread and cheese.
(b) Mashed grains.
(c) Saturated wheat.
(d) Consecrated wine.

3. Where does the author state that the emotional center of "Deor" lies (which lines)?
(a) The last eight.
(b) The center stanza.
(c) The first four lines.
(d) The first eight.

4. In "The Battle of Maldon," who "over-confidently allowed the Danes to cross the causeway"?
(a) Byrhtnoth.
(b) Bede.
(c) King of Wessex.
(d) King Alfred.

5. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?
(a) Only the bards.
(b) Only the lords.
(c) All priests.
(d) All men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words were used in a trial by ordeal to define the seriousness of the crime?

2. According to the introduction to the Heroic Poems section, what do heroic poems link our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to?

3. How was the history and legends of the Anglo-Saxons transmitted?

4. What is a compressed narrative poem?

5. What is the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?

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