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

2. What does the word "wergild" mean?
(a) The succession of kinship.
(b) A man's value.
(c) A families land.
(d) The naming of a bard.

3. In "Germania," what is stated as the reason a chief fights?
(a) For family.
(b) For victory.
(c) For his king.
(d) For his father.

4. Who does the author of "The Battle of Brunanburh" state is a "man of discretion"?
(a) Byrnth.
(b) Grebes.
(c) Stolkharth.
(d) Constantine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person that "was a crucial member of a tribe or a society" and existed as "a living memory"?

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

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

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

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

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