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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. Where did Aethelstan slaughter the Viking army?
(a) Surrey.
(b) Wessex.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) Sandwich.

2. What new wife did Aethewulf bring from Rome?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Mary.
(c) Anne.
(d) Judith.

3. When was the epithet "the Great" added to Alfred's name?
(a) Sometime during the seventeenth century.
(b) Not until the last fifty years or so.
(c) After the sixteenth century.
(d) Before the fifteenth century.

4. When did Burgred, the new king of the Mercians, ask Aethewulf for help against the Vikings?
(a) 864.
(b) 865.
(c) 853.
(d) 851.

5. Where was Asser from?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) St. David's in Wales.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Limerick, Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time period is not recorded in Asser's book?

2. How many Viking ships did Aethelstan capture?

3. What is included in the annals put together during and following Alfred's reign?

4. What kind of phraseology does Asser use in his book?

5. How was the kingdom split between father and son?

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