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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Hrothgar know from Beowulf's family?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

4. What does Beowulf use to fight Grendel?
(a) A sword.
(b) A chain.
(c) Nothing--no weapon.
(d) A dagger.

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

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

7. What is the name of the High Priest who "replied without hesitation in "King Edwin's Council"?
(a) Coifi.
(b) Derwent.
(c) Flambert.
(d) Paulinus.

8. What does the Introduction to the Law section say was gagged upon when fed to Ecclesiastics if they were found guilty?
(a) Bread and cheese.
(b) Mashed grains.
(c) Saturated wheat.
(d) Consecrated wine.

9. In "The Battle of Maldon," who "over-confidently allowed the Danes to cross the causeway"?
(a) King Alfred.
(b) Bede.
(c) Byrhtnoth.
(d) King of Wessex.

10. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?
(a) The Ruin.
(b) Wulf.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) The Wanderer.

11. Who is jealous of Beowulf?
(a) Wiglaf.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Hrunting.

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

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

14. What century was it when pagan Germanic tribesman "swarmed" into England?
(a) 7th.
(b) 6th.
(c) 4th.
(d) 5th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grendel unable to approach in Heorot?

2. How many people witnessed the opening of Cuthbert's coffin at Durham Cathedral?

3. In what book are the "six so-called Elegies" found?

4. How many men does Grendel murder on his first attack on the mead-hall?

5. Whose arrival signaled the Golden Age of Northumbria?

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