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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Example and Exhortation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?
(a) Wyrds.
(b) Soothslayers.
(c) Cleric-bards,
(d) Folk-moots.

3. Who said "What use is the abundance of books if there are none to read and understand them?"
(a) Bede.
(b) Asser.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Alcuin of York.

4. In what year were Wihtred's laws issued?
(a) 875.
(b) 695.
(c) 524.
(d) 1210.

5. According to The Laws of Wihtred, who is free from taxation?
(a) Scops.
(b) Knights.
(c) The Bards.
(d) The Church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During what century were the Anglo-Saxons converted to Christianity?

3. Other than paying six shillings to his lord for riding "on his own business on that day," what can a servant choose as his punishment?

4. Who was "Letter to the English" meant to act as moral support for?

5. What is the name of Hrothgar's mead-hall?

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