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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Grendel unable to approach in Heorot?
(a) The queen.
(b) The throne.
(c) The banner.
(d) Beowulf.

2. How many stress patterns does all Old English poetry contain?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

3. What does the "metrical irregularity" of the charms point to?
(a) A Celtic tradition.
(b) An oral tradition.
(c) A Norse tradition.
(d) A written tradition.

4. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?
(a) All priests.
(b) All men.
(c) Only the bards.
(d) Only the lords.

5. What object was given "store" as seen in "Beowulf" and named to a recipient in one king's will?
(a) Shield.
(b) Sword.
(c) Goblet.
(d) Throne chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Bede born?

2. In what year did Alcuin of York leave England at the request of Charlemagne?

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

4. What are "oratores"?

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

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