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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. What is embedded in the hilt of the sword of Constantine the Great?
(a) A marking denoting the Annunciation.
(b) A parable from the Book of Mathew.
(c) A Widow's mite.
(d) A nail from the Cross.

2. In what year did Pope Gregory pen a letter to Candidus?
(a) 410.
(b) 595.
(c) 557.
(d) 603.

3. Where was Boniface leading a mission when he was killed?
(a) Fulrad.
(b) Northumbrian.
(c) Lul.
(d) Frisia.

4. According to the introduction of Example and Exhortation, what language did King Alfred learn to translate texts into the "vernacular" of?
(a) French.
(b) Druid.
(c) Celtic.
(d) Latin.

5. Under what circumstances could a wife obtain all of the husband's suit?
(a) If she outlives him.
(b) If she outlives him, and they have a child.
(c) If they divorce, and they have a child.
(d) If she found him guilty of lechery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the book that the author claims to be the earliest and most substantial work of scientific prose?

3. In the stanza beginning "I'm a strange creature," what does the strange creature state it satisfies?

4. Who said "What use is the abundance of books if there are none to read and understand them?"

5. What is the subject and tone of Anglo-Saxon riddles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote many of the letters that survived pre-Conquest England?

2. What were some of the things that Boniface did when he worked as a missionary between 722 and 752?

3. What does the ploughman say his day is spent doing?

4. What are a few of the "problems" that "Bald's Leechbook" addresses?

5. To whose writings are the Anglo-Saxon riddles compared?

6. Describe the three sections of "Bald's Leechbook".

7. Why did Pope Gregory I write a letter to Candidus?

8. Describe the appearance of the slaves that Gregory I came across prior to becoming Pope.

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

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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