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

2. During the conversation between the teacher and the fowler, what do readers find out the fowler "does" to birds "in many ways"?
(a) Damages them.
(b) Fools them.
(c) Entrances them.
(d) Entices them.

3. What is the traditional kenning for a wife?
(a) Home-taker.
(b) Child-bearer.
(c) Care-granter.
(d) Peace-weaver.

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

5. What was the first English secular biography?
(a) "Life of King Alfred."
(b) "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle."
(c) "Common Sense."
(d) "Charlemagne."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did the act of freeing a slave take place to "prevent subsequent violation"?

4. Where does the introduction of "I Saw a Strange Creature..." say riddles similar to the semi-metaphorical riddles of the "Exeter Book" occur?

5. In what century did Old English become a "vehicle capable of expressing scientific thought"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways was the "Exeter Book" used prior to the book's importance being known?

2. What was the reason that many Anglos found it necessary to learn the English language?

3. Why does the author to the introduction of "I Saw a Strange Creature..." state that Anglo-Saxon riddles "satisfy us both as enigmas and as poems"?

4. What are the four things that the shepherd does every day?

5. What was the purpose of "An Estate Memorandum"?

6. How does the merchant justify his worth to the teacher?

7. What are the twelve charms?

8. In the beginning, when Latin was still a widely used language, what was English primarily used for?

9. In what ways was the runic alphabet used throughout Anglo-Saxon history?

10. According to the author of the introduction to "I Saw A Creature...," what "relief" does the author state is found in Anglo-Saxon riddles?

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