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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elegies, and Exploration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author in the introduction to the Heroic Poems section state is the "finest expression of the code" (the Germanic Heroic code)?
(a) "Deor."
(b) "The Battle of Maldon."
(c) "Beowulf."
(d) "The Finnesburh Fragment."

2. In "The Battle of Maldon," who "over-confidently allowed the Danes to cross the causeway"?
(a) King Alfred.
(b) Bede.
(c) Byrhtnoth.
(d) King of Wessex.

3. In a trial by ordeal, which rule speaks to the fine one would pay if found invalid and having broken the rules of the trial by ordeal?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. 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?
(a) Flogging.
(b) Stoning.
(c) Pressing.
(d) Imprisonment.

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 bards.
(b) All priests.
(c) Only the lords.
(d) All men.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author of the introduction to The Elegies, what do many Anglo-Saxon poems fail to have a "sufficient frame" of?

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

4. What is the author of "The Wanderer" searching for in his elegy?

5. What is a compressed narrative poem?

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