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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the origin of Asser's name?
(a) Danish.
(b) German.
(c) African.
(d) Hebrew.
2. What new wife did Aethewulf bring from Rome?
(a) Anne.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Mary.
(d) Judith.
3. Whom did the Vikings attack when they left East Anglia?
(a) The Scots.
(b) The East Angles.
(c) The West Saxons.
(d) The Northern Celts.
4. What happened when King Alfred and his ally fought the Vikings?
(a) They lost horribly.
(b) There was no clear winner.
(c) They were victorious.
(d) They were turned back.
5. Who was the father of the wife Aethewulf brought home from Rome?
(a) Louis the XVI.
(b) Charles the Bald.
(c) Charlemagne.
(d) Jason of the Argonauts.
6. How long did Asser probably stay with Alfred?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) A year.
(d) Eight months.
7. What country did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Wales.
(d) Germany.
8. When did Burgred, the new king of the Mercians, ask Aethewulf for help against the Vikings?
(a) 853.
(b) 865.
(c) 851.
(d) 864.
9. When did Pope Marinus die?
(a) 880.
(b) 885.
(c) 879.
(d) 891.
10. Where did the Vikings go in 873?
(a) To the Northumbrians.
(b) To the Celts.
(c) Back to their homeland.
(d) To the Scots.
11. Whom did Alfred the Great visit while passing through Carolingian France?
(a) Catherine the Peaceful.
(b) Jason the Argonaut.
(c) Louis the Educated.
(d) Charles the Bald.
12. When did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) 871-901 A.D.
(b) 871-899 A.D.
(c) 893-899 A.D.
(d) The exact dates of his rule are not known.
13. In what year did Asser meet Alfred the Great?
(a) 899.
(b) 885.
(c) 871.
(d) 862.
14. Who was the king of the Vikings?
(a) Vladmir.
(b) Synfeir.
(c) Cuthrum.
(d) Egbres.
15. What did Asser aid Alfred the Great in creating for many in his kingdom?
(a) Translations of the Holy Bible.
(b) A census.
(c) Curriculum.
(d) Law books.
Short Answer Questions
1. Asser's Life of King Alfred begins with Asser's dedication of the work to Alfred "ruler of all the ______ of the island of Britain, King of the Angles and Saxons."
2. Who combined forces with King Alfred after the Vikings left East Anglia?
3. Who fought against the Vikings at Kent?
4. One historian theorized that Life of King Alfred was written by whom?
5. Who was pope when Alfred was sent to Rome?
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