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

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

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

4. Where does the introduction of "I Saw a Strange Creature..." say riddles similar to the semi-metaphorical riddles of the "Exeter Book" occur?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Chaucer's texts.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Writings of the Pearl Poet.

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

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

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

8. What is the subject and tone of Anglo-Saxon riddles?
(a) Never emotional.
(b) Commonly sad.
(c) Enormously varied.
(d) Strictly upbeat.

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

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

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

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

13. Who was the leading astronomer during the period when Old English became a "vehicle capable of expressing scientific thought"?
(a) Bald.
(b) Ramsey.
(c) Bede.
(d) Aelfric.

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

15. What was the first use of the runic alphabet?
(a) Magic.
(b) Rituals.
(c) Education of slaves.
(d) Education of children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the stanza that begins "I saw a creature," what sticks out behind the creature?

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

5. The object in the second stanza of "Thirty-One Riddles" is what by nature?

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