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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 33 - 90.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book served as a style guide for Asser's book?
(a) Atkinson's Gift of Stories.
(b) Tuchman's A Distant Mirror.
(c) Seagrave's Dragon Lady.
(d) Einhard's Life of Charlemagne.

3. What country did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Wales.
(d) England.

4. Who made peace with the Vikings after Aethelred died?
(a) The Celts.
(b) The Saxons.
(c) The Welsh.
(d) The Angles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new wife did Aethewulf bring from Rome?

2. Who was the father of the wife Aethewulf brought home from Rome?

3. When did Ceorl fight with the men of Devon?

4. Why did Asser never attempt to circulate his book?

5. Whom did Alfred the Great visit while passing through Carolingian France?

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