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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Charms and Remedies, and Allegory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is jealous of Beowulf?
(a) Wiglaf.
(b) Hrothgar.
(c) Hrunting.
(d) Unferth.

2. What was the name of the first book that King Alfred translated into the vernacular?
(a) "Historical Moments in the Catholic Church."
(b) "Pastoral Care."
(c) "Sins and Sinners."
(d) "The Importnace of Christianity."

3. How many charters and grants survive from the Anglo-Saxon period?
(a) 1589.
(b) 200.
(c) 5.
(d) More than 1,600.

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

5. According to number 19, in "Letter to the People of England," how many men are to go to church and "make supplication"?
(a) Only the lords.
(b) Only the bards.
(c) All men.
(d) All priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. The riddles are described as being both "witty and obscene," and they are given this name?

2. What adjective does the poet of "The Seafarer" use to describe the song that he sings of himself?

3. In what year did Alcuin of York leave England at the request of Charlemagne?

4. In what year did Pope Gregory invite Augustine to convert the English to Christianity?

5. In what year was the "terrible winter" in "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"?

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