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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What "paths" must the wanderer follow given "fate is inflexible"?
(a) Exile.
(b) Fate.
(c) Wyrd.
(d) Hope.

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

5. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?
(a) Saddness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Grief.
(d) Solitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose translation of "The Wanderer" is best known?

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

4. According to The Laws of Wihtred, who is free from taxation?

5. According to the author in the introduction what (other than "Beowulf") is the best -known Anglo-Saxon poem?

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