In The Wanderer, what is the speaker’s primary conflict ?

A. The desire to travel in search of wisdom with the social conventions
B. The folly of earthly things with the wisdom of heaven
C. The speaker’s spiritual regression with the increasing trend of christian conversions
D. The desire for a more advanced world with stagnant social progress

What is the significance of Sutton Hoo ?

A. Sutton hoo provides architectural evidence from a virtually unexplored period of history.
B. Sutton hoo gives more information about the society that created beowulf.
C. Sutton hoo provides insight into the conversion from paganism to christianity.
D. All of these answers

Arthur, the good King of Britain…held a rich and royal court ?

A. This line suggests that britain was the most important place in the medieval world.
B. This line suggests that good kings are rewarded by god.
C. This line suggests that arthur was beloved by the english, because he was good.
D. This line suggests the elegance necessary for the feudal king to display being at the top of the economic hierarchy.

Which of the following best defines mysticism ?

A. The dream connection between the two sexes
B. A literary genre written mainly in the anglo-saxon era
C. The human soul’s tendency towards intimate union with the divine
D. The separation between humanity and divinity

The home of Chaucer’s royal patron and friend, John of Gaunt, was burned duringthe Peasants’ Revolt of 138. What events led to this revolt ?

A. Government policies were incorrectly based on the idea that the rich would help the poor survive.
B. The high rates of the poll tax were considered unfair.
C. Peasants were jointly united against the pattern of upper-class harassments
D. All of these answers

In Beowulf, what is the significance of the term wyrd ?

A. Wyrd has to do with reparational payments exacted from people guilty of homicide.
B. Wyrd is related to the folly of earthly possessions.
C. Wyrd suggests the idea of fate.
D. Wyrd is an allusion to the impending conversion to christianity

Which of the following best describes how Bede was a typical Christian of his time ?

A. He combined zealous christianity with english patriotism.
B. He did not believe that christianity was an essential part of english culture.
C. He thought that england was a pagan wilderness.
D. He believed that english christians needed to move to a new israel.

Which of the following lines provides an example of alliterative verse ?

A. “the knight took a step toward/the maiden she called him forward”
B. “her biginneth the earste boc of ures ant ureisuns the gode beoth to seggen”
C. “doughty in theire doings and dredde ay schame”
D. “i left my lands to come where you are/to find you i have come so far!”

What was the focus of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae ?

A. The life and poems of caedmon
B. The conversion of britain from paganism
C. The early years of william the conqueror
D. The tales of king arthur

Complete the following statement. Chaucer wrote his elegiac poem, “The Book of the Duchess,” to praise the young Duchess of Lancaster who tragically died of___________________?

A. The black plague.
B. Unrequited love for john of gaunt.
C. Drowning in the thames.
D. Childbirth.