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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. In "Deor", what did Weland "well know about"?
(a) Victory.
(b) Hommage.
(c) Honor.
(d) Exile.

2. In what book are the "six so-called Elegies" found?
(a) Cathedral Chronicles.
(b) Byron's Canon.
(c) Chronicles of Wyrd.
(d) Exeter.

3. What was the name of the first book that King Alfred translated into the vernacular?
(a) "The Importnace of Christianity."
(b) "Sins and Sinners."
(c) "Pastoral Care."
(d) "Historical Moments in the Catholic Church."

4. In "A Colloquy" what does the pupil say he prefer to ignorance?
(a) To be mute.
(b) To be imprisoned.
(c) To be flogged.
(d) To be exiled.

5. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?
(a) Saddness.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the author of "The Battle of Brunanburh" state is a "man of discretion"?

3. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?

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

5. Who is named in the opening line of "A Grant of Land at Crediton"?

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