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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. What is the alternate name that the introduction to "I Saw a Strange Creature..." gives to kennings?
2. 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"?
3. Who was the king, whose will is the earliest surviving of Anglo-Saxon history, preoccupied with threat by?
4. Whose power does the opening line of "For a Swarm of Bees" recognize?
5. Whose will is the earliest surviving will of any Anglo-Saxon king?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways was the runic alphabet used throughout Anglo-Saxon history?
2. To whose writings are the Anglo-Saxon riddles compared?
3. In 754, what was deemed a reminder that "some pagans were determined to resist Christianity at all costs"?
4. What does the ploughman say his day is spent doing?
5. Why do the pupils in "A Colloquy" ask to be taught Latin?
6. How does the merchant justify his worth to the teacher?
7. 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"?
8. What does the hunter receive in return for the beasts that he slays for his king?
9. What was the reason that many Anglos found it necessary to learn the English language?
10. What are the twelve charms?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of the formal elements included in Anglo-Saxon writing? State at least three of the formal elements, name an example from the text, and explain why the example exemplifies the element detailed.
Essay Topic 2
Religion seemed to have saved the lives of many a seafaring man. Compare the religious thought in both "The Wanderer" and "The Seafarer." How are the authors' thoughts similar? In what ways was religion necessary for survival?
Essay Topic 3
The history of the Anglo-Saxons was very important for many reasons. Why did the loss of so many documents hurt the history of the Anglos? What was important about the documents that they were able to protect? What were the Anglos able to learn about their own history based upon these texts?
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