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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The object in the second stanza of "Thirty-One Riddles" is what by nature?
(a) Scared.
(b) Mean.
(c) Wounded.
(d) Solitary.

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

3. In what year did Alcuin of York leave England at the request of Charlemagne?
(a) 741.
(b) 782.
(c) 598.
(d) 677.

4. Who was the prior of the monastery at Dol Brittany in 924?
(a) Heather.
(b) Malbroad.
(c) Albert.
(d) Radbrod.

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

6. Who raided Lindisfarne on June 8, 793?
(a) Celtic monks.
(b) Christians.
(c) Vikings.
(d) Pagan heathens.

7. 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) Asser.
(d) Columbia.

8. What is the name of the woman who "begged men from Cwaespatric"?
(a) Slavariac.
(b) Geatfleda.
(c) Norschairt.
(d) Fromberge.

9. According to the introduction to "Greetings in Christ," who possessed "the sword of Constantine the Great"?
(a) Aethelstan.
(b) Alan the Geat.
(c) St. Maurice.
(d) Colombia.

10. What is the alternate name that the introduction to "I Saw a Strange Creature..." gives to kennings?
(a) Hyperbolies.
(b) Mini-Riddles.
(c) Personifications.
(d) Allegories.

11. As the author states in the introduction to "I Saw a Creature...," what do some riddles reflect?
(a) The turmoil of the times.
(b) Recollections of seafareres.
(c) Memories of times at their best.
(d) The normal grind of everyday life.

12. Whose power does the opening line of "For a Swarm of Bees" recognize?
(a) Nature's.
(b) Man's
(c) God's.
(d) Earth's.

13. What is embedded in the hilt of the sword of Constantine the Great?
(a) A parable from the Book of Mathew.
(b) A marking denoting the Annunciation.
(c) A nail from the Cross.
(d) A Widow's mite.

14. According to "The History of the English Church and People," how does Bede describe the complexions of the slaves seen by Gregory in the Roman marketplace?
(a) Fair.
(b) Darkened.
(c) Blemished.
(d) Pock-marked.

15. In "A Colloquy" what does the pupil say he prefer to ignorance?
(a) To be exiled.
(b) To be mute.
(c) To be imprisoned.
(d) To be flogged.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is "elf-shot"?

3. At dawn what is the first thing that the ploughman does in the morning?

4. Where was Boniface leading a mission when he was killed?

5. In what year did Pope Gregory pen a letter to Candidus?

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