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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 888-900.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the fourth portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?
(a) The school.
(b) Neighboring monasteries.
(c) The poor.
(d) His monasteries.

3. In what year did an army invade England, taking a variety of smaller kingdoms?
(a) 899.
(b) 893.
(c) 865.
(d) 871.

4. What king died in 890?
(a) The northern king.
(b) The western king.
(c) The eastern king.
(d) The southern king.

5. When the king of the Vikings was captured, what did Alfred do to him?
(a) Killed him.
(b) Freed him.
(c) Baptized him.
(d) Imprisoned him.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the Vikings make peace in 872?

2. How many candles did Alfred have made?

3. What is the origin of Asser's name?

4. What was the condition of peace made with the Vikings?

5. Where did the Vikings fight the king of the Saxons, Aethelwulf and his son Aethelbald for a long time?

(see the answer key)

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