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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I Saw a Strange Creature . . ..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At dawn what is the first thing that the ploughman does in the morning?
(a) Milk the goats.
(b) Feed the cattle.
(c) Drive oxen to field.
(d) Start a fire.

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

3. In how many "key relationships" did the heart of the Anglo-Saxon society lay?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. What does the word "wergild" mean?
(a) The naming of a bard.
(b) The succession of kinship.
(c) A man's value.
(d) A families land.

5. In what year did Pope Gregory pen a letter to Candidus?
(a) 595.
(b) 603.
(c) 557.
(d) 410.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the history and legends of the Anglo-Saxons transmitted?

2. What did the runic alphabet come to be used for later (after its first use)?

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

4. What causes Beowulf's death?

5. What poem is described by the author as "an antiquarian's delight"?

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