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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 does "he wolde fandian" mean?
2. Who does St. Gregory thank for having teachers "among us now"?
3. In what year did Gregory send Augustine to Kent?
4. According to the introduction to "Greetings in Christ," who possessed "the sword of Constantine the Great"?
5. Who was the king, whose will is the earliest surviving of Anglo-Saxon history, preoccupied with threat by?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the twelve charms?
2. Why does the fisherman state that he would not wish to fish for whales?
3. Where was the greatest amount of scientific prose found in Anglo-Saxon literature?
4. What is the basic subject matter of Anglo-Saxon riddles?
5. What were some of the things that Boniface did when he worked as a missionary between 722 and 752?
6. What are a few of the "problems" that "Bald's Leechbook" addresses?
7. Describe the three sections of "Bald's Leechbook".
8. How does the merchant justify his worth to the teacher?
9. What are the four things that the shepherd does every day?
10. To whose writings are the Anglo-Saxon riddles compared?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Beowulf" has distinct imagery associated with light and dark. Choose three light images in the text; define the image, and show the contrasting dark image. Please explain the images use in the text. What purpose do the images serve?
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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