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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the origin of Asser's name?
(a) German.
(b) African.
(c) Danish.
(d) Hebrew.

2. What was the condition of peace made with the Vikings?
(a) That the Vikings would invade the Goths.
(b) That the Vikings would disband their army.
(c) That the Vikings would leave.
(d) That the Vikings would become allies.

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

4. Who sent a letter to Alfred around 886?
(a) Pope Manius.
(b) Asser.
(c) Fulco.
(d) Aethelhelm.

5. What did Asser provide regarding Alfred the Great?
(a) A biography.
(b) A bust.
(c) An oil painting.
(d) A museum.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What benefit did the translations have for Alfred the Great?

3. What illness did Alfred the Great have when he came into power?

4. Where is the subject of the second appendix kept today?

5. Whom did the Vikings attack when they left East Anglia?

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