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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 was the first use of the runic alphabet?

2. Who raided Lindisfarne on June 8, 793?

3. In the "Grant of Land at Crediton," the king of what area gave land to be used for a monastary?

4. What is the alternate name that the introduction to "I Saw a Strange Creature..." gives to kennings?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the letters that survived pre-Conquest England?

4. In the beginning, when Latin was still a widely used language, what was English primarily used for?

5. According to the author of the introduction to "I Saw A Creature...," what "relief" does the author state is found in Anglo-Saxon riddles?

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

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

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

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

10. What were some of the things that Boniface did when he worked as a missionary between 722 and 752?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

For many years Latin was the only written language to exist for Anglo-Saxons. Why was it important for the common man to learn Latin? In what ways did the emergence of the English language benefit the Anglos? Which language did the text deem more important? Support your answer textually.

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