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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sermon, and Destiny.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of the meeting between the teacher and the hunter, why had the hunter not hunted "today"?
(a) The lord of the region forbid hunting.
(b) He has been ill.
(c) He broke his arm and can no longer hunt.
(d) It was Sunday.

2. What is the name of Hrothgar's mead-hall?
(a) Hrendrelth.
(b) Hell's Hall.
(c) Heorot.
(d) Hroegrath.

3. In what year did Pope Gregory invite Augustine to convert the English to Christianity?
(a) 342.
(b) 478.
(c) 238.
(d) 597.

4. According to Byrhthelm in "The Battle of Maldon," who alone can say who would control the battle field?
(a) He, himself.
(b) The peasantry.
(c) The queen.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the High Priest who "replied without hesitation in "King Edwin's Council"?

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

3. According to Aelfric, who was "cruelly martyred" in 870 after he refused to give the Danes "wergild"?

4. Who does Hrothgar know from Beowulf's family?

5. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?

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