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

2. Asser probably divided his time between Alfred's kingdom and ______.
(a) St. David's.
(b) St. Augustine's.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

3. After his capture, what was the relationship between Alfred the Great and the king of the Vikings?
(a) He was Alfred's adoptive son.
(b) They remained friends.
(c) There was no relationship; the king of the Vikings was dead.
(d) They continued to be enemies.

4. How was the kingdom split between father and son?
(a) East to the father, west to the son.
(b) South to the father, north to the son.
(c) West to the father, east to the son.
(d) North to the father, south to the son.

5. In what year did Asser meet Alfred the Great?
(a) 899.
(b) 885.
(c) 871.
(d) 862.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new wife did Aethewulf bring from Rome?

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

3. What did Alfred build in 878?

4. What did King Aethewulf order his wife to do when he and Alfred returned to the kingdom?

5. One historian theorized that Life of King Alfred was written by whom?

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