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

2. How many times a day does the shepard milk his sheep?
(a) Never- he doesn't own sheep.
(b) 3 times.
(c) Once.
(d) 2 times.

3. According to the author in the introduction what (other than "Beowulf") is the best -known Anglo-Saxon poem?
(a) "The Seafarer."
(b) "The Husband's Message."
(c) "The Wanderer."
(d) "The Wife's Lament."

4. According to the author, what did Anglo-Saxons fail to do for their poetry?
(a) Follow the "code".
(b) Honor God.
(c) Pay hommage to their past.
(d) Title them.

5. In "The Finnesburh Fragment," what does the first line say is "not burning"?
(a) The spires.
(b) The gables.
(c) The pits of Hell.
(d) The sky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the runic alphabet come to be used for later (after its first use)?

3. In King Alfred's preface to "St. Gregory's 'Pastoral Care,' who does he "bids greet"?

4. During the conversation between the teacher and the fowler, what do readers find out the fowler "does" to birds "in many ways"?

5. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?

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