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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings did Alfred the Great have?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

3. When was the epithet "the Great" added to Alfred's name?
(a) Sometime during the seventeenth century.
(b) Before the fifteenth century.
(c) Not until the last fifty years or so.
(d) After the sixteenth century.

4. What country did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Wales.
(d) Germany.

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

6. What did Asser read aloud to Alfred the Great?
(a) The Works of Shakespeare.
(b) Books on history and politics.
(c) Whatever books were on hand.
(d) The Bible.

7. What book served as a style guide for Asser's book?
(a) Tuchman's A Distant Mirror.
(b) Atkinson's Gift of Stories.
(c) Einhard's Life of Charlemagne.
(d) Seagrave's Dragon Lady.

8. When did Ceorl fight with the men of Devon?
(a) 871.
(b) 849.
(c) 865.
(d) 851.

9. What audience did Asser have in mind when he wrote his book?
(a) Alfred's family.
(b) English people.
(c) Other kings.
(d) Welsh people.

10. Where did Aethelstan slaughter the Viking army?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Sandwich.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Surrey.

11. When did the Vikings leave East Anglia?
(a) 857.
(b) 899.
(c) 871.
(d) 865.

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

13. Who of the following did NOT share the title "the Great" with Alfred?
(a) Charlemagne.
(b) Otto.
(c) Charles.
(d) Andrew.

14. What is not recorded in Asser's book?
(a) Alfred's childhood.
(b) Alfred's military activities.
(c) Alfred's death.
(d) Alfred's alliances with other kings.

15. What was the relationship between Pope Marinus and Alfred the Great?
(a) They were friends.
(b) Pope Marinus was Alfred's spiritual advisor.
(c) Alfred went to school with Marinus before he became pope.
(d) Pope Marinus baptized Alfred into the Roman Catholic Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was nearly destroyed by the Vikings?

2. What time period is not recorded in Asser's book?

3. Whom did Alfred the Great visit while passing through Carolingian France?

4. Asser traces Alfred's lineage all the back to whom?

5. Who was pope when Alfred was sent to Rome?

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