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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Miscellaneous Sources for the Reign of King Alfred.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the story of King Alfred's rule come from?
(a) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
(b) Alfred's private journals.
(c) Asser's interviews with members of his court.
(d) The Wessex Chronicle.

2. The second work translated was a dialogue between Boethius and ______.
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) The Earl of Wessex.
(c) Dr. Freud.
(d) Lady Philosophy.

3. Who told Alfred to have works recorded and translated?
(a) Asser.
(b) Pope Manius.
(c) Pope Gregory.
(d) God.

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

5. Where did the Vikings travel in 894?
(a) Wales.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many psalms express outrage with the author's enemies and pleas to God for ______.

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

3. When did Burgred, the new king of the Mercians, ask Aethewulf for help against the Vikings?

4. Whom did Alfred the Great come to rule in 871?

5. How did Asser learn of the various texts mentioned in his work?

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