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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the most powerful English king "prior to Alfred"?
(a) Stewenard.
(b) Offa.
(c) Frestern.
(d) Leunstead.

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

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

4. What do some believe the "Exeter Book" has been used as in the past?
(a) Cutting Board.
(b) Beer mat.
(c) Bread and cheese board.
(d) All of those listed.

5. Who, living between the years 955-1020, does the author of the introduction to Example and Exhortation state was the "most significant figure in this age of religious and educational reform"?
(a) Bede.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Aelfric.
(d) Colombus.

6. Where, according to the excerpt from "The History of the English Church and People," had the slaves that Gregory saw hail from?
(a) France.
(b) Northumberland.
(c) Britian.
(d) Germany.

7. At dawn what is the first thing that the ploughman does in the morning?
(a) Drive oxen to field.
(b) Feed the cattle.
(c) Start a fire.
(d) Milk the goats.

8. What does "he wolde fandian" mean?
(a) He traveled the world.
(b) He fashioned the world.
(c) He would vanquish.
(d) He wanted to search.

9. Where did the act of freeing a slave take place to "prevent subsequent violation"?
(a) At an alter.
(b) In the town square.
(c) At the lord's home.
(d) In a court.

10. Who is the first of the "Three Charms" against?
(a) A dog.
(b) A wen.
(c) A snake.
(d) A tree.

11. What was the name of the first book that King Alfred translated into the vernacular?
(a) "The Importnace of Christianity."
(b) "Pastoral Care."
(c) "Historical Moments in the Catholic Church."
(d) "Sins and Sinners."

12. How many of Boniface's letters survive today (at the printing of the text)?
(a) 5.
(b) More than 200.
(c) Less than 100.
(d) 124.

13. What kingdom does the author of the introduction to "Greetings in Christ" say the "boys" came from?
(a) South Daneland.
(b) Lul.
(c) Deira.
(d) Northumbria.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose will is the earliest surviving will of any Anglo-Saxon king?

2. As the author states in the introduction to "I Saw a Creature...," what do some riddles reflect?

3. Under what circumstances could a wife obtain all of the husband's suit?

4. In what year was Boniface born?

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

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