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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Laws, and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Battle of Maldon," who does Byrhtnoth order to dismount?
(a) His wife.
(b) The priest.
(c) Every warrior.
(d) His bard.

2. In "The Finnesburh Fragment," what does the first line say is "not burning"?
(a) The pits of Hell.
(b) The gables.
(c) The spires.
(d) The sky.

3. How many shillings will it cost someone if they were to "breach the Church's protection"?
(a) 50 shillings.
(b) 15 shillings.
(c) 75 shillings.
(d) 25 shilings.

4. Why, according to Wihtred's law number 4, will foreigners be forced to "depart from the land with their goods and their sins"?
(a) If they "fail to recognize the king's laws."
(b) If they fail the rights of passage."
(c) If they "refuse to succumb to fate."
(d) If they do not "rugularize their marriage."

5. Who does the author of "The Battle of Brunanburh" state is a "man of discretion"?
(a) Constantine.
(b) Stolkharth.
(c) Byrnth.
(d) Grebes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Deor", what did Weland "well know about"?

2. Who is the first century Roman historian that the author claims is the best source for "information about Germanic tribes"?

3. According to Byrhthelm in "The Battle of Maldon," who alone can say who would control the battle field?

4. Where does the author state that the emotional center of "Deor" lies (which lines)?

5. What does the author in the introduction to the Heroic Poems section state is the "finest expression of the code" (the Germanic Heroic code)?

(see the answer key)

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