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

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

3. What did the runic alphabet come to be used for later (after its first use)?
(a) Identification.
(b) Coding.
(c) Pagan theology.
(d) Christian theology.

4. In "Cuthbert's Death and Disinterment," what type of home did Cuthbert seek out?
(a) Godly home.
(b) Island home.
(c) Forbidden home.
(d) Heavenly home.

5. Who helped Beowulf fight the dragon?
(a) Hrethric.
(b) Unferth.
(c) Wiglaf.
(d) Hrothgar.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction to the Heroic Poems section, what do heroic poems link our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to?

2. What is the name of the governing assemblies from the Anglo-Saxon period?

3. In the stanza that begins "I saw a creature," what sticks out behind the creature?

4. What does Hrothgar promise Beowulf for killing Grendel?

5. During the conversation between the teacher and the fowler, what do readers find out the fowler "does" to birds "in many ways"?

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