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Exeter Book Quiz 1

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

A riddle

An elegy

Wisdom poetry
2 Weyland was
in love with Maethild

imprisoned by Nithhad

the King of the Goths

a bad ruler
3 All of the following statements are true about Beadohild EXCEPT
She was the daughter of King Nithhad

Weyland killed her brothers

She was the wife of Weyland

Weyland raped her
4 What was the problem between Geat and Maethild?
Their love was too strong

Geat raped Maethild

Geat was a bad king

They were siblings
5 Which figure in "Deor" ruled the Maering stronghold?
Weyland

Ermanaric

Theodric

Deor
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
His warriors were depressed

He was the king of the Maerings

People wished his kingdom would fail

He was a bad ruler
8 The Christian message in "Deor" says
God gives some men glory and other men a sad lot

Mortal life is short

God grants security

The afterlife should be heeded
9 Deor himself was a
Scop

King

Lover

Warrior
10 What happened to Deor?
His great love crippled him

He was replaced by another court poet

He violated the bond of lord and warriors

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

Christianity

The healing power of time

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

Beadohild

Deor

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

Weyland

Geat and Maethild

Ermanaric
14 Why does Beadohild suffer mentally?
She has been separated from her husband

Her love is too exhausting

She is pregnant by her brothers' murderer

She is imprisoned under an oak tree
15 All of the following statements are true about "Deor" EXCEPT
Deor used to be loyal to a lord but was replaced by another poet

There is a refrain after each stanza

The poem is one of the most important Anglo-Saxon riddles

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

Her daughter

Her husband

Her kinsmen
17 The Wife is imprisoned
Under an oak tree

In her house

In a tower

In a ship
18 The Wife's first worry is because
Her husband became ill

Her husband went on a journey

Her husband died

Her husband betrayed her
19 Who supposedly plotted to keep the Wife and her husband apart?
Her kinsmen

No one

His kinsmen

The lord
20 What does the Wife see that makes her despair?
Happy lovers

Flowers

Frolicking animals

A shooting star
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
Ill

Gleeful

Anguished

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

Hopeful

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

"The Ruin"

"Deor"

"The Wanderer"

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

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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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