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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Section II, Asser and his Life of King Alfred.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What chronicle did Asser use as a basis for his book?
(a) The Welsh Chronicle.
(b) The New British Chronicle.
(c) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
(d) The Wessex Chronicle.

2. What career did Asser have?
(a) Writer.
(b) Monk.
(c) Artist.
(d) Professor.

3. Whom did Alfred the Great visit while passing through Carolingian France?
(a) Louis the Educated.
(b) Charles the Bald.
(c) Jason the Argonaut.
(d) Catherine the Peaceful.

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

5. What annals were put together during and following Alfred's reign?
(a) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
(b) The Journals of Alfred the Great.
(c) The Wessex Annals.
(d) The England Annals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Asser read aloud to Alfred the Great?

3. In what year did an army invade England, taking a variety of smaller kingdoms?

4. When was the epithet "the Great" added to Alfred's name?

5. What did Asser later become?

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