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

2. The Vikings split up into roving ______.
(a) Tribes.
(b) Bands.
(c) Forces.
(d) Armies.

3. How does Alfred divide the laws the he himself did not write?
(a) Into those he altered and those that remain unaltered.
(b) Into those that were conservative and those that were liberal.
(c) Into those he likes and those he does not like.
(d) Into those from the Bible and those from secular sources.

4. What is addressed in the will?
(a) Rulership.
(b) Instructions for funeral.
(c) Private property.
(d) Care of family members.

5. Who told Alfred to have works recorded and translated?
(a) Pope Manius.
(b) Asser.
(c) God.
(d) Pope Gregory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structures did Alfred build during his reign?

2. Many psalms express outrage with the author's enemies and pleas to God for ______.

3. Where did the second part of Alfred's money go?

4. Where were the couriers sent in 889?

5. What benefit did the translations have for Alfred the Great?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Alfred's will? Why did his will cause a rebellion against Edward just after Alfred died?

2. Explain the preface of the translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care.

3. Who joined forces when the Vikings were attacking the Franks?

4. What is the significance of Pope Gregory's Dialogues to King Alfred?

5. Explain the role that faith played in Alfred's life.

6. What is the purpose of Chapter II?

7. Where did the Vikings go in 896? What happened?

8. Explain the translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies.

9. What three people died between 888 and 890?

10. What is the final document in King Alfred the Great?

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