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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Gregory send Augustine to Kent?
(a) 658.
(b) 597.
(c) 449.
(d) 781.

2. How many times a day does the shepard milk his sheep?
(a) Never- he doesn't own sheep.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) Once.

3. Who "asked" the best known riddle of the Anglo-Saxon riddles?
(a) The Griffin.
(b) The Nemean Lion.
(c) The Centaur.
(d) The Sphinx.

4. Who is named in the opening line of "A Grant of Land at Crediton"?
(a) Columbia.
(b) God.
(c) Bede.
(d) King Alfred.

5. What does "eorpan motor" mean?
(a) Mother's ear.
(b) Exiled man.
(c) Mother of earth.
(d) Eastern light.

6. In what year was the "Exeter Book" bequeathed to the Cathedral Library?
(a) 998.
(b) 1072.
(c) 874.
(d) 758.

7. In the stanza beginning "I'm a strange creature," what does the strange creature state it satisfies?
(a) Women.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Cravings.
(d) Thirst.

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) "Consolation of Philosophy."
(b) "Ancient Beliefs and Modern Philosophies."
(c) "Intermediate Teachings of Higher Thought."
(d) "Justifications of Philosophical Thought."

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

10. What physical feature did Gregory state made the name of the "Angles" appropriate?
(a) Their bowed heads.
(b) Their hair.
(c) Their faces.
(d) Their hands.

11. 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) He broke his arm and can no longer hunt.
(d) It was Sunday.

12. In what year was the "terrible winter" in "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"?
(a) 763.
(b) 631.
(c) 296.
(d) 847.

13. What object was given "store" as seen in "Beowulf" and named to a recipient in one king's will?
(a) Shield.
(b) Goblet.
(c) Throne chair.
(d) Sword.

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

15. What position was Candidus set to take up in Gaul?
(a) Senior churchman.
(b) Senior monk.
(c) Deacon.
(d) Cardinal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose power does the opening line of "For a Swarm of Bees" recognize?

2. What was the name of the most powerful English king "prior to Alfred"?

3. What is the name of the book that the author claims to be the earliest and most substantial work of scientific prose?

4. Who was the prior of the monastery at Dol Brittany in 924?

5. Who is the first of the "Three Charms" against?

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