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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epic: Beowulf.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Beowulf give to Wiglaf to signify Wiglaf's rise to king?
(a) A banner.
(b) A goblet.
(c) A sword.
(d) A necklace.

3. According to Wihtred's law 9, how much money is a servant to pay if he is found guilty of working between Saturday evening and Sunday evening?
(a) 50 sceattas.
(b) 100 sceattas.
(c) 80 sceattas.
(d) 25 sceattas.

4. In how many "key relationships" did the heart of the Anglo-Saxon society lay?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What does Beowulf use to fight Grendel?
(a) A dagger.
(b) Nothing--no weapon.
(c) A chain.
(d) A sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does Grendel murder on his first attack on the mead-hall?

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

3. In "The Finnesburh Fragment," what does the first line say is "not burning"?

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

5. Wihtred was king over what people?

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