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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who translated Bede's "History of the English Church and People"?
(a) Pound.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Sintertra.

2. Who does St. Gregory thank for having teachers "among us now"?
(a) Bede.
(b) Waerferth.
(c) God.
(d) Greeks.

3. What is the name of the book that the author claims to be the earliest and most substantial work of scientific prose?
(a) "Starcraft of Early England."
(b) "Bald's Leechbook."
(c) "Leechdoms."
(d) Bede's "Times and Tides."

4. Whose power does the opening line of "For a Swarm of Bees" recognize?
(a) Man's
(b) Earth's.
(c) God's.
(d) Nature's.

5. How many shillings will it cost someone if they were to "breach the Church's protection"?
(a) 25 shilings.
(b) 15 shillings.
(c) 50 shillings.
(d) 75 shillings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first object in "Thirty-One Riddles" plunge through?

2. The riddles are described as being both "witty and obscene," and they are given this name?

3. What is the name of the man that Beowulf challenges to a swimming race?

4. Who is the first of the "Three Charms" against?

5. In what year was the "Exeter Book" bequeathed to the Cathedral Library?

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