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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. In "Germania," what is stated as the reason a chief fights?
(a) For family.
(b) For victory.
(c) For his king.
(d) For his father.

2. Other than paying six shillings to his lord for riding "on his own business on that day," what can a servant choose as his punishment?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Pressing.
(c) Flogging.
(d) Stoning.

3. According to the author, what did Anglo-Saxons fail to do for their poetry?
(a) Title them.
(b) Follow the "code".
(c) Honor God.
(d) Pay hommage to their past.

4. What was the name of the man who witnessed Bede's death?
(a) Stevan.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Timothy.
(d) Wilbert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Ruin," what does the author name as "wondrous" and "wrecked by fate"?

2. According to Wihtred's law 9, how much money is a servant to pay if he is found guilty of working between Saturday evening and Sunday evening?

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

4. How was the history and legends of the Anglo-Saxons transmitted?

5. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way were the histories and legends passed down during the Anglo-Saxon period?

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

4. What is the topic of the six "so-called Elegies"?

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

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

7. What happened in 1104 regarding the opening of Cuthbert's coffin?

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

9. What is the basis of all elegies?

10. Why was Hrothgar forced to close Heorot?

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