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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Alfred the Great's father?
(a) Aethewulf.
(b) Egbest.
(c) Cedric.
(d) Woden.

2. What did King Aethewulf order his wife to do when he and Alfred returned to the kingdom?
(a) Visit him often in order to keep him distracted.
(b) Sit with him on the throne until he died.
(c) Live with him in order to report all his activities to King Aethewulf.
(d) Seduce him.

3. In the 19th century Alfred the Great was seen as the founder of the British _______ and ______.
(a) Police force; Empire.
(b) Navy; Empire.
(c) Royal Air Force; colonization.
(d) Library system; public education.

4. Who fought against the Vikings at Kent?
(a) Lamech.
(b) Frithuwulf.
(c) Berhtwulf.
(d) Bedwig.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Alfred the Great have when he came into power?

2. 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."

3. Where did the Vikings go in 873?

4. Where did Alfred have something built in 878?

5. Why was Alfred the Great sent away in 853?

Short Essay Questions

1. What audience read Asser's Life of King Alfred?

2. How did Aethelwulf attempt to keep his sons from fighting after his death? What happened when Aethelwulf died?

3. What happened in 886 when the Viking army started attacking again?

4. What happened when the Vikings brought 350 ships to England through the Thames?

5. Where does most of what we know about Alfred come from?

6. What was the relationship between Asser and Alfred?

7. Explain the personal struggle Alfred endured during the early part of his life and reign.

8. List at least three events in Alfred's youth that probably influenced him.

9. What happened when Aethelwulf went with Alfred to Rome?

10. Who was Alfred's father? How far back is his lineage traced on his father's side?

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