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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. In "A Colloquy" what does the pupil say he prefer to ignorance?

2. What does the "metrical irregularity" of the charms point to?

3. Where, according to the excerpt from "The History of the English Church and People," had the slaves that Gregory saw hail from?

4. How many of Boniface's letters survive today (at the printing of the text)?

5. Who does St. Gregory thank for having teachers "among us now"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the merchant justify his worth to the teacher?

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

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

5. Why does the fisherman state that he would not wish to fish for whales?

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

7. What are the twelve charms?

8. What does the hunter receive in return for the beasts that he slays for his king?

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

10. Why were some Anglo-Saxon women known by the kenning "peace-weaver"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Christianity quickly became the superior religion for Anglo-Saxons. What did Christianity hold for Anglos? Why was it found to be superior to previous religious thought?

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