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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?
2. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?
3. Who is jealous of Beowulf?
4. Who does the author of "The Battle of Brunanburh" state is a "man of discretion"?
5. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Beowulf do right after killing Grendel's mother?
2. Why was Hrothgar forced to close Heorot?
3. What were the many reasons that Bede was renowned?
4. What is the main theme of the poem "The Wanderer"?
5. Why does the author of the introduction to "Heroic Poems" call "The Battle of Maldon" one of "the best battle poems in the English language"?
6. Why does the author of the introduction to "The Elegies" state that "The Ruin" is "an antiquarian's delight"?
7. What happened in 1104 regarding the opening of Cuthbert's coffin?
8. What is the Germanic Code?
9. Explain the procedure of lawsuits for Anglo-Saxons.
10. What were some of the common problems that lawmakers had to address during the Anglo-Saxon period?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think that riddles where important during the Anglo-Saxon period? What purpose did they serve? Why did they focus on the themes they did?
Essay Topic 2
What seems to be an embedded theme throughout all of Anglo-Saxon texts? What theme is addressed in all of the examples provided in "The Anglo-Saxon World"? Support your answer drawing from at least one text from each of the sections.
Essay Topic 3
What do you believe to be the most important section of the book? Why? What does its inclusion add to the text? What would its exclusion mean to the history of Anglo-Saxon literature?
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