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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. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?
(a) 524.
(b) 875.
(c) 695.
(d) 1210.

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 clergy.
(b) The knave.
(c) The jester.
(d) The scop.

3. Where does the author state that the emotional center of "Deor" lies (which lines)?
(a) The last eight.
(b) The first four lines.
(c) The first eight.
(d) The center stanza.

4. According to The Laws of Wihtred, who is free from taxation?
(a) Scops.
(b) The Bards.
(c) The Church.
(d) Knights.

5. In "The Battle of Maldon," who does Byrhtnoth order to dismount?
(a) Every warrior.
(b) His wife.
(c) The priest.
(d) His bard.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Other than paying six shillings to his lord for riding "on his own business on that day," what can a servant choose as his punishment?

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

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

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

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