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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Kingdom of God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Letter to the English"?
(a) Wulfstan.
(b) Canute.
(c) Kent.
(d) Alfred.

2. Besides "The Wife's Lament," what is the only other Anglo-Saxon poem written by a woman?
(a) The Promise
(b) Wulf.
(c) The Marriage-Oath.
(d) Brazen.

3. What is the name of the hero in "The Finnesburh Fragment"?
(a) Wyglaf.
(b) Hengest.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Hrothgar.

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

5. Who translated Bede's "History of the English Church and People"?
(a) Pound.
(b) Sintertra.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does the poet of "The Seafarer" use to describe the song that he sings of himself?

2. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?

3. Who is jealous of Beowulf?

4. What is the name of Hrothgar's mead-hall?

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

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