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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 ceasura.
(b) A kenning.
(c) A lay.
(d) A prose.

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

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

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

5. What does the author in the introduction to the Heroic Poems section state is the "finest expression of the code" (the Germanic Heroic code)?
(a) "Beowulf."
(b) "The Battle of Maldon."
(c) "Deor."
(d) "The Finnesburh Fragment."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hero in "The Finnesburh Fragment"?

2. How was the history and legends of the Anglo-Saxons transmitted?

3. What does the word "wergild" mean?

4. Where does the author state that the emotional center of "Deor" lies (which lines)?

5. What does the Introduction to the Law section say was gagged upon when fed to Ecclesiastics if they were found guilty?

(see the answer key)

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