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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?
(a) Truth.
(b) Time.
(c) Reference.
(d) Mood.

2. According to the introduction to the Heroic Poems section, what do heroic poems link our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to?
(a) French origins.
(b) Geatland origins.
(c) Dutch origins.
(d) European origins.

3. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?
(a) Saddness.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Hope.
(d) Honesty.

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

5. According to the author in the introduction what (other than "Beowulf") is the best -known Anglo-Saxon poem?
(a) "The Wanderer."
(b) "The Husband's Message."
(c) "The Wife's Lament."
(d) "The Seafarer."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Wanderer," from whom does the wanderer plead for pity and mercy?

2. How many men, in a trial by ordeal, are required to test the heat of the water?

3. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?

4. In "The Husband's Message" how many times does the husband remind his wife of their oath of marriage?

5. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?

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