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

2. What is the name of the person that "was a crucial member of a tribe or a society" and existed as "a living memory"?
(a) The scop.
(b) The knave.
(c) The clergy.
(d) The jester.

3. How many lines is "The Battle of Maldon" missing at the beginning?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 100.

4. Who was "Letter to the English" meant to act as moral support for?
(a) Prince Kent.
(b) Earl Thorkel.
(c) King Alfred.
(d) Duke Sententon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?

3. 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"?

4. In "Deor", what did Weland "well know about"?

5. How many shillings will it cost someone if they were to "breach the Church's protection"?

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