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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 happened when King Alfred and his ally fought the Vikings?
(a) There was no clear winner.
(b) They were victorious.
(c) They lost horribly.
(d) They were turned back.

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

3. Where did the Vikings go in 872?
(a) London.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Reading.

4. Who took over when King Aethelred died?
(a) Aethelred's son.
(b) Aethelred's cousin.
(c) Alfred's son.
(d) Alfred.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following themes does NOT characterize the political history of Anglo-Saxon England in the first half of the ninth century?

3. Where was Alfred the Great sent in 853?

4. Who made peace with the Vikings after Aethelred died?

5. What is included in the annals put together during and following Alfred's reign?

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