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Exeter Book Quiz 1

1 Deor can be described as all of the following EXCEPT
A heroic poem

An elegy

A riddle

Wisdom poetry
2 Weyland was
the King of the Goths

imprisoned by Nithhad

in love with Maethild

a bad ruler
3 All of the following statements are true about Beadohild EXCEPT
Weyland raped her

She was the wife of Weyland

Weyland killed her brothers

She was the daughter of King Nithhad
4 What was the problem between Geat and Maethild?
They were siblings

Their love was too strong

Geat was a bad king

Geat raped Maethild
5 Which figure in "Deor" ruled the Maering stronghold?
Ermanaric

Weyland

Theodric

Deor
6 What happened to Weyland at King Nithhad's command?
He was impaled

He was hung

He was hamstrung

He was set free
7 All of the following statements are true about Ermanaric EXCEPT
He was a bad ruler

His warriors were depressed

He was the king of the Maerings

People wished his kingdom would fail
8 The Christian message in "Deor" says
God gives some men glory and other men a sad lot

God grants security

The afterlife should be heeded

Mortal life is short
9 Deor himself was a
Lover

Scop

King

Warrior
10 What happened to Deor?
He violated the bond of lord and warriors

His great love crippled him

He was replaced by another court poet

He was hamstrung
11 The refrain in "Deor" is representative of
Christianity

The healing power of time

Gaining wisdom

Grief and suffering for a loved one
12 Which of the following was a "bad" person in "Deor"?
Geat

Ermanaric

Deor

Beadohild
13 Which of the following cannot be traced to any historical or literary source?
Weyland

Ermanaric

Theodric

Geat and Maethild
14 Why does Beadohild suffer mentally?
Her love is too exhausting

She has been separated from her husband

She is imprisoned under an oak tree

She is pregnant by her brothers' murderer
15 All of the following statements are true about "Deor" EXCEPT
The poem is one of the most important Anglo-Saxon riddles

Deor used to be loyal to a lord but was replaced by another poet

There is a refrain after each stanza

It alludes to both mental and physical suffering
16 The Wife is mourning
Her daughter

Her husband

Her son

Her kinsmen
17 The Wife is imprisoned
Under an oak tree

In a tower

In a ship

In her house
18 The Wife's first worry is because
Her husband became ill

Her husband died

Her husband betrayed her

Her husband went on a journey
19 Who supposedly plotted to keep the Wife and her husband apart?
No one

His kinsmen

The lord

Her kinsmen
20 What does the Wife see that makes her despair?
Happy lovers

A shooting star

Frolicking animals

Flowers
21 What does the "Wife's Lament" instruct young men to do?
Perform great deeds

Get married

Undertake long journeys

Keep their sorrows to themselves
22 The Wife imagines that her husband must feel
Anguished

Proud

Ill

Gleeful
23 The Wife and her husband once said to each other that
They should exile themselves

Only death would divide them

Their love would not last

Their love was too exhausting
24 The Wife feels _____ at the end of the poem.
Grief-stricken

Hopeful

Ambivalent

Numb
25 Which poem is possibly a companion piece for "The Wife's Lament"?
"The Wanderer"

"The Ruin"

"Deor"

"The Husband's Message"

The Wanderer

• A wise man must not be hasty in speech.

• A wise man must not be rash or fickle in battle.

• A wise man must not be nervous, greedy, or boastful.

• A wise man must not boast until he is free of doubt.

• A wise man must accept that riches fade,...

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Write a paragraph about a change in the wife’s fate in “A Wife’s Lament.” Use a compound predicate in each sentence

Sorry, this is only a short answer space.

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Lara Bricker notes (2015), that "During this year’s festival, Dean spoke to nearly 300 people at the sight of the 1965 incident on Shaw’s Hill in Kensington, off Route 150 aka “UFO Alley”. There, Exeter teenager Norman Muscarello was hitchhiking...

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