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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I, Asser's Life of King Alfred, Paragraphs 1 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work by Pope Gregory did Asser help translate?
(a) Death and Dying.
(b) On the Sanctity of Marriage.
(c) Pastoral Care.
(d) The Journals of Pope Gregory.

2. What kind of phraseology does Asser use in his book?
(a) Overly formal.
(b) Academic.
(c) Informal.
(d) Archaic.

3. Why was Alfred the Great sent away in 853?
(a) For royal training.
(b) Because of his bad behavior.
(c) For spiritual advantages.
(d) For a formal education.

4. Where did Alfred the Great fall among his siblings?
(a) Youngest.
(b) The middle child.
(c) Oldest.
(d) The third child.

5. Asser aided negotiations between Alfred the Great and ______.
(a) Local nobility.
(b) Vikings.
(c) Welsh kings.
(d) English kings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alfred's mother was descended from the ______ and Jutes.

2. What audience did Asser have in mind when he wrote his book?

3. How many Viking ships did Aethelstan capture?

4. Asser traces Alfred's lineage all the back to whom?

5. What country did Alfred the Great rule?

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