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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 the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?
(a) Cleric-bards,
(b) Folk-moots.
(c) Wyrds.
(d) Soothslayers.

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

3. In "Deor", what did Weland "well know about"?
(a) Hommage.
(b) Victory.
(c) Honor.
(d) Exile.

4. What two words were used in a trial by ordeal to define the seriousness of the crime?
(a) "Thricen" and "Shrine".
(b) "Misson" and "Molten".
(c) "MIsendon" and "Candicet".
(d) "Single" and "Threefold".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what century did the first Anglo-Saxon settlers migrate to England?

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"?

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

4. When does the author believe that "Waldere" was written?

5. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?

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