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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 were "embedded" in 10th and 11th century manuscripts that were defined as short incantations?
(a) Six "knowns."
(b) Twelve charms.
(c) Four humors.
(d) Nine decending levels.

2. What was the name of the first book that King Alfred translated into the vernacular?
(a) "The Importnace of Christianity."
(b) "Historical Moments in the Catholic Church."
(c) "Sins and Sinners."
(d) "Pastoral Care."

3. What physical feature did Gregory state made the name of the "Angles" appropriate?
(a) Their bowed heads.
(b) Their hair.
(c) Their faces.
(d) Their hands.

4. Where does the introduction of "I Saw a Strange Creature..." say riddles similar to the semi-metaphorical riddles of the "Exeter Book" occur?
(a) Chaucer's texts.
(b) Writings of the Pearl Poet.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Beowulf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aelfric say is revealed when Christ performs miracles through saints?

2. In what century was "An Estate Memorandum" written?

3. What sickness does "Bald's Leechbook" address in the opening line?

4. Who, living between the years 955-1020, does the author of the introduction to Example and Exhortation state was the "most significant figure in this age of religious and educational reform"?

5. What does "eorpan motor" mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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"?

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

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

5. Why do the pupils in "A Colloquy" ask to be taught Latin?

6. What are the twelve charms?

7. What is the basic subject matter of Anglo-Saxon riddles?

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

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

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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