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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said "What use is the abundance of books if there are none to read and understand them?"
(a) Bede.
(b) Alcuin of York.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Asser.

2. Who was the godson of Aethelstan?
(a) Alan the Great.
(b) Alucin.
(c) Constantine.
(d) Mercia.

3. According to the introduction of Example and Exhortation, what language did King Alfred learn to translate texts into the "vernacular" of?
(a) Latin.
(b) French.
(c) Druid.
(d) Celtic.

4. In late Anglo-Saxon England, what were women at liberty to accept or reject?
(a) Their children.
(b) Financial proposals.
(c) Marriage suitors.
(d) Exile based upon family err.

5. At the time of the meeting between the teacher and the hunter, why had the hunter not hunted "today"?
(a) He has been ill.
(b) The lord of the region forbid hunting.
(c) It was Sunday.
(d) He broke his arm and can no longer hunt.

6. In the stanza that begins "I saw a creature," what sticks out behind the creature?
(a) A row of spines.
(b) His foot.
(c) His tail.
(d) His stomach.

7. In "Greetings in Christ," what does the author of the section say are susceptible to the "wear and tear of centuries"?
(a) Poems.
(b) Christian thought.
(c) Sermens.
(d) Letters.

8. What is the name of "one of the most popular philosophical books of the Middle Ages"? (According to the author of the introduction.)
(a) "Intermediate Teachings of Higher Thought."
(b) "Consolation of Philosophy."
(c) "Justifications of Philosophical Thought."
(d) "Ancient Beliefs and Modern Philosophies."

9. What sickness does "Bald's Leechbook" address in the opening line?
(a) Shingles.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Tumors.
(d) Mange.

10. Where was Boniface leading a mission when he was killed?
(a) Lul.
(b) Fulrad.
(c) Northumbrian.
(d) Frisia.

11. What is "elf-shot"?
(a) Disambiguation.
(b) Dysentary
(c) Mange.
(d) Lumbago.

12. The riddles are described as being both "witty and obscene," and they are given this name?
(a) Ceasuras.
(b) Alliterations.
(c) Allegories.
(d) Double entendres.

13. What did the runic alphabet come to be used for later (after its first use)?
(a) Identification.
(b) Pagan theology.
(c) Christian theology.
(d) Coding.

14. In what year was Boniface born?
(a) 655.
(b) 702.
(c) 698.
(d) 675.

15. In the "Grant of Land at Crediton," the king of what area gave land to be used for a monastary?
(a) Ireland.
(b) West Saxons.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) South Danes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the king, whose will is the earliest surviving of Anglo-Saxon history, preoccupied with threat by?

2. What was the name of the monk in the monastery at Ramsey who complied a handbook on computus?

3. What is embedded in the hilt of the sword of Constantine the Great?

4. Who is named in the opening line of "A Grant of Land at Crediton"?

5. What physical feature did Gregory state made the name of the "Angles" appropriate?

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