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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) Columbia.
(b) Cuthbert.
(c) Bede.
(d) Celtic monks.

2. In a trial by ordeal, which rule speaks to the fine one would pay if found invalid and having broken the rules of the trial by ordeal?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. Who does the author of "The Battle of Brunanburh" state is a "man of discretion"?
(a) Byrnth.
(b) Grebes.
(c) Constantine.
(d) Stolkharth.

4. How many poems are included in the canon of the "Exeter Book"?
(a) 114.
(b) 78.
(c) 96.
(d) 52.

5. According to the introduction of Example and Exhortation, what language did King Alfred learn to translate texts into the "vernacular" of?
(a) Druid.
(b) Celtic.
(c) French.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of Bede's death?

2. According to the author, what did Anglo-Saxons fail to do for their poetry?

3. Who was the godson of Aethelstan?

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

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

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