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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 what year did Pope Gregory pen a letter to Candidus?
(a) 557.
(b) 603.
(c) 410.
(d) 595.
2. At dawn what is the first thing that the ploughman does in the morning?
(a) Start a fire.
(b) Feed the cattle.
(c) Milk the goats.
(d) Drive oxen to field.
3. In what year was the "Exeter Book" bequeathed to the Cathedral Library?
(a) 998.
(b) 874.
(c) 758.
(d) 1072.
4. At the time of the meeting between the teacher and the hunter, why had the hunter not hunted "today"?
(a) He broke his arm and can no longer hunt.
(b) It was Sunday.
(c) He has been ill.
(d) The lord of the region forbid hunting.
5. In what century was "An Estate Memorandum" written?
(a) 2nd or 3rd.
(b) 5th or 6th.
(c) 8th or 9th.
(d) 10th or 11th.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many stress patterns does all Old English poetry contain?
2. What is the name of "one of the most popular philosophical books of the Middle Ages"? (According to the author of the introduction.)
3. Who was the king, whose will is the earliest surviving of Anglo-Saxon history, preoccupied with threat by?
4. In what year did Gregory send Augustine to Kent?
5. According to "The History of the English Church and People," how does Bede describe the complexions of the slaves seen by Gregory in the Roman marketplace?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the basic subject matter of Anglo-Saxon riddles?
2. In the beginning, when Latin was still a widely used language, what was English primarily used for?
3. Why do the pupils in "A Colloquy" ask to be taught Latin?
4. In what ways was the "Exeter Book" used prior to the book's importance being known?
5. What are the four things that the shepherd does every day?
6. According to the author of the introduction to "I Saw A Creature...," what "relief" does the author state is found in Anglo-Saxon riddles?
7. Why did Pope Gregory I write a letter to Candidus?
8. What does the hunter receive in return for the beasts that he slays for his king?
9. In 754, what was deemed a reminder that "some pagans were determined to resist Christianity at all costs"?
10. How does the merchant justify his worth to the teacher?
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