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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Boniface leading a mission when he was killed?
(a) Lul.
(b) Northumbrian.
(c) Frisia.
(d) Fulrad.

2. Who "asked" the best known riddle of the Anglo-Saxon riddles?
(a) The Centaur.
(b) The Nemean Lion.
(c) The Griffin.
(d) The Sphinx.

3. What is a compressed narrative poem?
(a) A prose.
(b) A kenning.
(c) A lay.
(d) A ceasura.

4. What does Beowulf tear off of Grendel?
(a) His hand.
(b) His leg.
(c) His arm.
(d) His tail.

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 Wanderer."
(c) "The Wife's Lament."
(d) "The Seafarer."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Byrhtnoth stand firm at Maldon, a place where he died a heroic death?

2. Who does the author in the introduction to the Laws section say, "most of us" need to turn to in order to "establish the exact wording of a law"?

3. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?

4. Wihtred was king over what people?

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

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