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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. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?
(a) Saddness.
(b) Hope.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Honesty.

2. What does Beowulf give to Wiglaf to signify Wiglaf's rise to king?
(a) A sword.
(b) A goblet.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A banner.

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

4. The object in the second stanza of "Thirty-One Riddles" is what by nature?
(a) Scared.
(b) Solitary.
(c) Mean.
(d) Wounded.

5. According to Byrhthelm in "The Battle of Maldon," who alone can say who would control the battle field?
(a) The queen.
(b) The peasantry.
(c) God.
(d) He, himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In late Anglo-Saxon England, what were women at liberty to accept or reject?

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

3. What does the word "wergild" mean?

4. What is the name of Hrothgar's queen?

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

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