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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In what year did Pope Gregory invite Augustine to convert the English to Christianity?
(a) 597.
(b) 238.
(c) 342.
(d) 478.

5. What is the date of Bede's death?
(a) December 25, 631.
(b) May 25, 735.
(c) October 28, 739.
(d) January 4, 704.

6. How many men does Grendel murder on his first attack on the mead-hall?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 1.
(d) 15.

7. What was the name of the man who witnessed Bede's death?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Wilbert.
(d) Stevan.

8. Why, according to Wihtred's law number 4, will foreigners be forced to "depart from the land with their goods and their sins"?
(a) If they "fail to recognize the king's laws."
(b) If they "refuse to succumb to fate."
(c) If they fail the rights of passage."
(d) If they do not "rugularize their marriage."

9. What is the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?
(a) Wyrds.
(b) Soothslayers.
(c) Cleric-bards,
(d) Folk-moots.

10. How was the history and legends of the Anglo-Saxons transmitted?
(a) Canons.
(b) They were not discovered until late in the 14th century and then written down.
(c) Written anthologies.
(d) Word of mouth.

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

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

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

14. How many lines is "The Battle of Maldon" missing at the beginning?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the island that Cuthbert died on?

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

3. What causes Beowulf's death?

4. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?

5. How many men does Grendel murder just before his fight with Beowulf?

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