The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Kevin Crossley-Holland
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The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Bede born?
(a) 682.
(b) 668.
(c) 609.
(d) 673.

2. In "Cuthbert's Death and Disinterment," what type of home did Cuthbert seek out?
(a) Forbidden home.
(b) Island home.
(c) Heavenly home.
(d) Godly home.

3. Who was "Letter to the English" meant to act as moral support for?
(a) Prince Kent.
(b) Duke Sententon.
(c) King Alfred.
(d) Earl Thorkel.

4. In "The Ruin," what does the author name as "wondrous" and "wrecked by fate"?
(a) A love lost.
(b) A whale-path.
(c) An affair.
(d) A stone-wall.

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

6. What is the name of the island that Cuthbert died on?
(a) Frumberia.
(b) Great Farne.
(c) Geatland Isle.
(d) Viestiern.

7. 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 lords.
(d) Only the bards.

8. According to Wihtred's law 9, how much money is a servant to pay if he is found guilty of working between Saturday evening and Sunday evening?
(a) 80 sceattas.
(b) 100 sceattas.
(c) 25 sceattas.
(d) 50 sceattas.

9. 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.

10. Whose translation of "The Wanderer" is best known?
(a) Socrates'.
(b) Ezra Pound's.
(c) J.R.R. Tolkien's.
(d) Shakespeare's.

11. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?
(a) In an earth-cave.
(b) In a barn.
(c) In a foreign castle.
(d) In a well.

12. Who is the first century Roman historian that the author claims is the best source for "information about Germanic tribes"?
(a) Tacitus.
(b) Herodotus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

13. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?
(a) 875.
(b) 1210.
(c) 524.
(d) 695.

14. Other than paying six shillings to his lord for riding "on his own business on that day," what can a servant choose as his punishment?
(a) Pressing.
(b) Stoning.
(c) Flogging.
(d) Imprisonment.

15. According to The Laws of Wihtred, who is free from taxation?
(a) Scops.
(b) Knights.
(c) The Church.
(d) The Bards.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the date of Bede's death?

3. What is the name of the monastery spoken of in "Caedmon's Vision"?

4. Wihtred was king over what people?

5. According to the introduction to the Heroic Poems section, what do heroic poems link our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to?

(see the answer keys)

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