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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. Who was "Letter to the English" meant to act as moral support for?
(a) Prince Kent.
(b) King Alfred.
(c) Duke Sententon.
(d) Earl Thorkel.

2. Who helped Beowulf fight the dragon?
(a) Hrothgar.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Hrethric.
(d) Wiglaf.

3. According to Byrhthelm in "The Battle of Maldon," who alone can say who would control the battle field?
(a) The queen.
(b) The peasantry.
(c) God.
(d) He, himself.

4. How many men does Grendel murder on his first attack on the mead-hall?
(a) 50.
(b) 1.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

5. What two words were used in a trial by ordeal to define the seriousness of the crime?
(a) "Misson" and "Molten".
(b) "Single" and "Threefold".
(c) "Thricen" and "Shrine".
(d) "MIsendon" and "Candicet".

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Battle of Maldon," who does Byrhtnoth order to dismount?

2. What is the name of the High Priest who "replied without hesitation in "King Edwin's Council"?

3. When does the author believe that "Waldere" was written?

4. In what year was Bede born?

5. What does the author in the introduction to the Heroic Poems section state is the "finest expression of the code" (the Germanic Heroic code)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King Edwin say must be done before he would accept the Christian faith?

2. Why were some laws of the Anglo-Saxon period never put into writing?

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

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

5. Why did Caedmon state that he left the feast and went to the stables?

6. What does Beowulf do right after killing Grendel's mother?

7. Explain the procedure of lawsuits for Anglo-Saxons.

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

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

10. To whom is Grendel related and why is this important?

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