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

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

3. Who is the first century Roman historian that the author claims is the best source for "information about Germanic tribes"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Tacitus.
(d) Herodotus.

4. Wihtred was king over what people?
(a) Geatland.
(b) Daneland.
(c) South Dane.
(d) Kent.

5. 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 jester.
(d) The clergy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Finnesburh Fragment," what does the first line say is "not burning"?

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

3. In a trial by ordeal, which rule speaks to the fine one would pay if found invalid and having broken the rules of the trial by ordeal?

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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