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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Charters, Tracts, and Wills.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The riddles are described as being both "witty and obscene," and they are given this name?
(a) Alliterations.
(b) Allegories.
(c) Ceasuras.
(d) Double entendres.

2. What was the name of the man who witnessed Bede's death?
(a) Wilbert.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Stevan.
(d) Timothy.

3. Who was the patron saint of Northumbria?
(a) Cuthbert.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Renche.
(d) Bede.

4. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Saddness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Grief.

5. What does "he wolde fandian" mean?
(a) He fashioned the world.
(b) He wanted to search.
(c) He traveled the world.
(d) He would vanquish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is embedded in the hilt of the sword of Constantine the Great?

3. During what century did the first Anglo-Saxon settlers migrate to England?

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

5. How many poems are included in the canon of the "Exeter Book"?

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