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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. What is a compressed narrative poem?
(a) A kenning.
(b) A prose.
(c) A lay.
(d) A ceasura.

2. During what century did the first Anglo-Saxon settlers migrate to England?
(a) 7th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 8th.

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

4. According to the introduction to the Heroic Poems section, what do heroic poems link our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to?
(a) French origins.
(b) Geatland origins.
(c) European origins.
(d) Dutch origins.

5. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?
(a) 1210.
(b) 695.
(c) 524.
(d) 875.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author say that Alfred failed to put some laws into writing?

2. Who does the author in the introduction to the Laws section say, "most of us" need to turn to in order to "establish the exact wording of a law"?

3. According to The Laws of Wihtred, who is free from taxation?

4. Why, according to Wihtred's law number 4, will foreigners be forced to "depart from the land with their goods and their sins"?

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

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