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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I Saw a Strange Creature . . ..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does St. Gregory thank for having teachers "among us now"?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Bede.
(c) God.
(d) Waerferth.

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

3. What is the name of the person that "was a crucial member of a tribe or a society" and existed as "a living memory"?
(a) The knave.
(b) The clergy.
(c) The jester.
(d) The scop.

4. Who does the author in the introduction to the Laws section say, "most of us" need to turn to in order to "establish the exact wording of a law"?
(a) A barrister.
(b) A solicitor.
(c) A law writer.
(d) A priest.

5. Who said "What use is the abundance of books if there are none to read and understand them?"
(a) Alcuin of York.
(b) Asser.
(c) Bede.
(d) Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Byrhthelm in "The Battle of Maldon," who alone can say who would control the battle field?

2. What does the Introduction to the Law section say was gagged upon when fed to Ecclesiastics if they were found guilty?

3. What is the name of Hrothgar's queen?

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

5. At dawn what is the first thing that the ploughman does in the morning?

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