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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sermon, and Destiny.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some believe the "Exeter Book" has been used as in the past?
(a) All of those listed.
(b) Bread and cheese board.
(c) Cutting Board.
(d) Beer mat.

2. What is the traditional kenning for a wife?
(a) Home-taker.
(b) Child-bearer.
(c) Care-granter.
(d) Peace-weaver.

3. In the stanza beginning "I'm a strange creature," what does the strange creature state it satisfies?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Thirst.
(c) Cravings.
(d) Women.

4. 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 men.
(c) All priests.
(d) Only the lords.

5. What is the answer to the "best known riddle in this genre" (Anglo-Saxon literature)?
(a) Woman.
(b) God.
(c) Dog.
(d) Man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was the "Exeter Book" bequeathed to the Cathedral Library?

3. In how many "key relationships" did the heart of the Anglo-Saxon society lay?

4. What does "eorpan motor" mean?

5. Besides "The Wife's Lament," what is the only other Anglo-Saxon poem written by a woman?

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