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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men, in a trial by ordeal, are required to test the heat of the water?
(a) 2 from "each side".
(b) 3 from "each side".
(c) 1 from "each side".
(d) 4 from "each side".

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

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

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

5. When does the author believe that "Waldere" was written?
(a) 10th century.
(b) 8th century.
(c) 12th century.
(d) 5th century.

6. On Christmas Day under the rule of Augustine ten thousand people were baptized through what method?
(a) Baptism of repentance.
(b) Christening.
(c) Complete immersion.
(d) Baptism by fire.

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

8. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?
(a) Saddness.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Anger.
(d) Grief.

9. Why does the author say that Alfred failed to put some laws into writing?
(a) They were based on common sense.
(b) They were only meant for those who could not read.
(c) They only refered to those who were poor.
(d) They were based upon critical thought.

10. During what century were the Anglo-Saxons converted to Christianity?
(a) 8th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 5th.

11. How many men does Grendel murder just before his fight with Beowulf?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 1.

12. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?
(a) A new lord.
(b) A new wife.
(c) A new love.
(d) A new ship.

13. At what age (the boys' age) did Irish monks begin to train Anglo-Saxon boys as novices?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

14. Who wrote "Letter to the English"?
(a) Kent.
(b) Canute.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Wulfstan.

15. What "paths" must the wanderer follow given "fate is inflexible"?
(a) Wyrd.
(b) Exile.
(c) Hope.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first century Roman historian that the author claims is the best source for "information about Germanic tribes"?

2. What two words were used in a trial by ordeal to define the seriousness of the crime?

3. In "The Battle of Maldon," who "over-confidently allowed the Danes to cross the causeway"?

4. What does the author in the introduction to the Heroic Poems section state is the "finest expression of the code" (the Germanic Heroic code)?

5. What causes Beowulf's death?

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