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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 position was Candidus set to take up in Gaul?

2. What was the first English secular biography?

3. The riddles are described as being both "witty and obscene," and they are given this name?

4. In what year did Gregory send Augustine to Kent?

5. Who is the first of the "Three Charms" against?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways was the "Exeter Book" used prior to the book's importance being known?

3. In what ways was the runic alphabet used throughout Anglo-Saxon history?

4. Where was the greatest amount of scientific prose found in Anglo-Saxon literature?

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

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

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

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

9. What are the twelve charms?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the multiple facets that the "Exeter Book" performed? Why was it important? What did it address? What did it provide to the Anglo-Saxon society?

Essay Topic 2

What are the characteristics of an epic hero? In what ways does Beowulf exemplify these qualities? Be sure to describe each characteristic/quality with a direct textual example and explanation as to why Beowulf is an epic hero.

Essay Topic 3

What are three qualities of an elegy? Name the quality, give a textual example, and explain your choice. Why/how does the poem show the specific characteristics of an elegy?

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