REGIAL PURSUIT VII

How well do you know the Early Middle Ages? As we get back into the school year, these questions might be of interest to students, and to new or inexperienced reemactors!

1. Leicestershire
   A. Loncastre
   B. Lundenwic
   C. Lægreceastr
   D. Leòdhas
2. The name of the most important Viking town in England was
   A. London
   B. Canterbury
   C. Jorvik
   D. Nottingham
3. The poem “Beowulf” takes place in
   A. Iceland
   B. England
   C. Denmark
   D. Russia
4. Sårkland was in Old Norse
   A. Muslim lands
   B. A fish farm
   C. A fallow field
   D. Scotland
5. Blæland was in Old Norse
   A. Muslim lands
   B. A fish farm
   C. A fallow field
   D. Scotland
6. Grænland was in Old Norse
   A. Greenland
   B. Greece
   C. Gotland
   D. Constantinople
7. Miklegård was in Old Norse
   A. Greece
   B. Iceland
   C. Cathay
   D. Constantinople
8. Undoubtedly real evidence for Norse in North America was
   A. The Vinland Map
   B. The Kensington Stone
   C. “Pathfinder”
   D. L’Ans Aux Meadows
9. Grikkland was in Old Norse
   A. Poland
   B. Greece
   C. Serbia
   D. Sicily
10. Ireland was in Old English
    A. Armagh
    B, Ísland
    C. Grænland
    D. Leprekhan
11. The Mediterranean Sea was in Old English
    A. Heahsæ
    B. Wendelsæ
    C. Hierusalem Sæ
    D. The Middle Sæ
12. Kent was in Old English
    A. Clarke
    B. Krít
    C. Camri
    D. Cent

answers: 1-C. 2-C. 3-C. 4-A. 5-A. 5-A. 6-A. 7-D. 8-D. 9-C. 10-A. 11-B. 12-D.