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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

3. During what century were the Anglo-Saxons converted to Christianity?
(a) 7th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 5th.

4. What is a compressed narrative poem?
(a) A lay.
(b) A ceasura.
(c) A prose.
(d) A kenning.

5. What "paths" must the wanderer follow given "fate is inflexible"?
(a) Fate.
(b) Hope.
(c) Wyrd.
(d) Exile.

6. According to the introduction to the Heroic Poems section, what do heroic poems link our Anglo-Saxon ancestors to?
(a) Dutch origins.
(b) French origins.
(c) European origins.
(d) Geatland origins.

7. According to "The Wife's Lament," what "goes side by side with those who suffer longing for a loved one"?
(a) Grief.
(b) Anger.
(c) Saddness.
(d) Solitude.

8. What is the name of the hero in "The Finnesburh Fragment"?
(a) Hengest.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Hrothgar.
(d) Wyglaf.

9. Who does the author in the introduction to the Laws section say, "most of us" need to turn to in order to "establish the exact wording of a law"?
(a) A law writer.
(b) A priest.
(c) A barrister.
(d) A solicitor.

10. How many men, in a trial by ordeal, are required to test the heat of the water?
(a) 4 from "each side".
(b) 2 from "each side".
(c) 3 from "each side".
(d) 1 from "each side".

11. What does "The Seafarer" learn that ships are homes of?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Hope.
(c) Saddness.
(d) Solitude.

12. Who is Grendel a descendant of?
(a) Cain.
(b) God.
(c) Lucifer.
(d) Hrothgar.

13. Whose arrival signaled the Golden Age of Northumbria?
(a) Celtic monks.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Bede.
(d) Cuthbert.

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

15. What does Beowulf give to Wiglaf to signify Wiglaf's rise to king?
(a) A banner.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A sword.
(d) A goblet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words were used in a trial by ordeal to define the seriousness of the crime?

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

3. Why, according to Wihtred's law number 4, will foreigners be forced to "depart from the land with their goods and their sins"?

4. In "The Husband's Message" how many times does the husband remind his wife of their oath of marriage?

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

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