View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elegies, and Exploration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men, in a trial by ordeal, are required to test the heat of the water?
(a) 1 from "each side".
(b) 2 from "each side".
(c) 4 from "each side".
(d) 3 from "each side".

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

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

4. When does the author believe that "Waldere" was written?
(a) 5th century.
(b) 8th century.
(c) 10th century.
(d) 12th century.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the first century Roman historian that the author claims is the best source for "information about Germanic tribes"?

4. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?

5. In "The Ruin," what does the author name as "wondrous" and "wrecked by fate"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample