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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Christmas Day under the rule of Augustine ten thousand people were baptized through what method?
(a) Baptism of repentance.
(b) Complete immersion.
(c) Christening.
(d) Baptism by fire.

2. How many people witnessed the opening of Cuthbert's coffin at Durham Cathedral?
(a) 13.
(b) 25.
(c) 67.
(d) 46.

3. What does Beowulf give to Wiglaf to signify Wiglaf's rise to king?
(a) A sword.
(b) A goblet.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A banner.

4. Who does Hrothgar know from Beowulf's family?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His father.

5. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?
(a) In an earth-cave.
(b) In a barn.
(c) In a foreign castle.
(d) In a well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the monastery spoken of in "Caedmon's Vision"?

2. What is the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?

3. What does the word "wergild" mean?

4. At what age (the boys' age) did Irish monks begin to train Anglo-Saxon boys as novices?

5. What is the name of the hero in "The Finnesburh Fragment"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose of the "Easter Tables"?

2. What is the Germanic Code?

3. Why does the author of the introduction to "Heroic Poems" call "The Battle of Maldon" one of "the best battle poems in the English language"?

4. What were the many reasons that Bede was renowned?

5. Who was defined as the "most unfortunate man" in Anglo-Saxon society?

6. What did one of King Edwin's men state were the differences between their time and the time of "which we have no knowledge"?

7. What is the main theme of the poem "The Wanderer"?

8. What two things is "The Battle of Maldon" concerned with in regard to theme?

9. What must Beowulf do to kill Grendel's mother?

10. What were the two key relationships at the heart of Anglo-Saxon society?

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