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Exeter Book Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne · Edited by A. Boghani · Last reviewed April 17, 2013

1 Deor can be described as all of the following EXCEPT

A riddle

An elegy

A heroic poem

Wisdom poetry
2 Weyland was

a bad ruler

in love with Maethild

imprisoned by Nithhad

the King of the Goths
3 All of the following statements are true about Beadohild EXCEPT

Weyland raped her

She was the daughter of King Nithhad

Weyland killed her brothers

She was the wife of Weyland
4 What was the problem between Geat and Maethild?

Geat raped Maethild

Their love was too strong

They were siblings

Geat was a bad king
5 Which figure in "Deor" ruled the Maering stronghold?

Ermanaric

Theodric

Deor

Weyland
6 What happened to Weyland at King Nithhad's command?

He was hamstrung

He was hung

He was impaled

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

He was the king of the Maerings

He was a bad ruler

His warriors were depressed

People wished his kingdom would fail
8 The Christian message in "Deor" says

God gives some men glory and other men a sad lot

The afterlife should be heeded

Mortal life is short

God grants security
9 Deor himself was a

Lover

Scop

King

Warrior
10 What happened to Deor?

He was hamstrung

His great love crippled him

He was replaced by another court poet

He violated the bond of lord and warriors
11 The refrain in "Deor" is representative of

The healing power of time

Gaining wisdom

Grief and suffering for a loved one

Christianity
12 Which of the following was a "bad" person in "Deor"?

Deor

Geat

Beadohild

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

Ermanaric

Theodric

Geat and Maethild

Weyland
14 Why does Beadohild suffer mentally?

She is pregnant by her brothers' murderer

Her love is too exhausting

She has been separated from her husband

She is imprisoned under an oak tree
15 All of the following statements are true about "Deor" EXCEPT

There is a refrain after each stanza

It alludes to both mental and physical suffering

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
16 The Wife is mourning

Her son

Her daughter

Her kinsmen

Her husband
17 The Wife is imprisoned

In her house

In a tower

Under an oak tree

In a ship
18 The Wife's first worry is because

Her husband became ill

Her husband betrayed her

Her husband died

Her husband went on a journey
19 Who supposedly plotted to keep the Wife and her husband apart?

The lord

No one

Her kinsmen

His kinsmen
20 What does the Wife see that makes her despair?

Happy lovers

A shooting star

Flowers

Frolicking animals
21 What does the "Wife's Lament" instruct young men to do?

Get married

Keep their sorrows to themselves

Perform great deeds

Undertake long journeys
22 The Wife imagines that her husband must feel

Anguished

Gleeful

Ill

Proud
23 The Wife and her husband once said to each other that

Their love was too exhausting

Only death would divide them

They should exile themselves

Their love would not last
24 The Wife feels _____ at the end of the poem.

Numb

Grief-stricken

Ambivalent

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

"Deor"

"The Husband's Message"

"The Wanderer"

"The Ruin"

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