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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Charters, Tracts, and Wills.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?
(a) A new love.
(b) A new ship.
(c) A new lord.
(d) A new wife.

2. In what year did Alcuin of York leave England at the request of Charlemagne?
(a) 741.
(b) 782.
(c) 598.
(d) 677.

3. In what year was the "terrible winter" in "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"?
(a) 847.
(b) 296.
(c) 631.
(d) 763.

4. How many of Boniface's letters survive today (at the printing of the text)?
(a) More than 200.
(b) Less than 100.
(c) 5.
(d) 124.

5. In what century was "An Estate Memorandum" written?
(a) 8th or 9th.
(b) 10th or 11th.
(c) 5th or 6th.
(d) 2nd or 3rd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances could a wife obtain all of the husband's suit?

2. Who was the godson of Aethelstan?

3. What "paths" must the wanderer follow given "fate is inflexible"?

4. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?

5. In "The Wife's Lament," where is the wife forced to live?

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