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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. What is the subject and tone of Anglo-Saxon riddles?
(a) Commonly sad.
(b) Never emotional.
(c) Strictly upbeat.
(d) Enormously varied.

2. Where is Hrothgar's kingdom?
(a) Hwicca.
(b) Northumbria.
(c) Daneland.
(d) East Saxon.

3. How many lines is "The Battle of Maldon" missing at the beginning?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 100.

4. What position was Candidus set to take up in Gaul?
(a) Senior monk.
(b) Deacon.
(c) Senior churchman.
(d) Cardinal.

5. In what year was Cuthbert's coffin opened in Durham Cathedral?
(a) 1010.
(b) 1005.
(c) 985.
(d) 1104.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?

2. In "The Ruin," what does the author name as "wondrous" and "wrecked by fate"?

3. The riddles are described as being both "witty and obscene," and they are given this name?

4. In what year was Boniface born?

5. In "A Colloquy" what does the pupil say he prefer to ignorance?

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