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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. Whose arrival signaled the Golden Age of Northumbria?
(a) Celtic monks.
(b) Bede.
(c) Cuthbert.
(d) Columbia.

2. In what year did Pope Gregory pen a letter to Candidus?
(a) 595.
(b) 557.
(c) 603.
(d) 410.

3. During what century were the Anglo-Saxons converted to Christianity?
(a) 8th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 5th.

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

5. What adjective does the poet of "The Seafarer" use to describe the song that he sings of himself?
(a) True.
(b) Dorment.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At what age (the boys' age) did Irish monks begin to train Anglo-Saxon boys as novices?

4. Who is Grendel a descendant of?

5. What was the name of the man who witnessed Bede's death?

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