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) 668.
(b) 673.
(c) 682.
(d) 609.

2. What adjective does the poet of "The Seafarer" use to describe the song that he sings of himself?
(a) Sad.
(b) Dorment.
(c) Angry.
(d) True.

3. Where is Beowulf from?
(a) England.
(b) Britland.
(c) Geatland.
(d) Scotland.

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

5. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?
(a) Time.
(b) Reference.
(c) Mood.
(d) Truth.

6. Who made the weapon with which Beowulf beheads Grendel's mother?
(a) Danes.
(b) Giants.
(c) Geats.
(d) Elves.

7. What does the word "wergild" mean?
(a) The succession of kinship.
(b) A families land.
(c) The naming of a bard.
(d) A man's value.

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

9. In "The Finnesburh Fragment," what does the first line say is "not burning"?
(a) The gables.
(b) The spires.
(c) The sky.
(d) The pits of Hell.

10. What is the name of Hrothgar's mead-hall?
(a) Hell's Hall.
(b) Hroegrath.
(c) Heorot.
(d) Hrendrelth.

11. What two words were used in a trial by ordeal to define the seriousness of the crime?
(a) "Thricen" and "Shrine".
(b) "Single" and "Threefold".
(c) "MIsendon" and "Candicet".
(d) "Misson" and "Molten".

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

13. Where does the wanderer's "best source of comfort lie"?
(a) In his lord.
(b) In his sails.
(c) In hope for land.
(d) In himself.

14. 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) 50 sceattas.
(b) 25 sceattas.
(c) 80 sceattas.
(d) 100 sceattas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What "paths" must the wanderer follow given "fate is inflexible"?

2. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?

3. Who does Hrothgar know from Beowulf's family?

4. Whose arrival signaled the Golden Age of Northumbria?

5. In "Deor", what did Weland "well know about"?

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