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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, Extracts from the Writings of King Alfred.

Multiple Choice 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."
(a) English.
(b) Peoples.
(c) Christians.
(d) Men.

2. What did Alfred focus on the care of?
(a) The uneducated.
(b) The poor.
(c) The immigrants.
(d) The religious.

3. Though Alfred grew in prominence, he was still plagued by what?
(a) Fear of the unknown future.
(b) Attacks by foreign peoples.
(c) Severe depression.
(d) Assassination attempts.

4. In what district was Alfred the Great born?
(a) London.
(b) Stratford.
(c) Avon.
(d) Berkshire.

5. What is listed in paragraph two?
(a) Alfred's childhood.
(b) Alfred's siblings.
(c) Alfred's mother's family.
(d) Alfred's birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alfred's mother was descended from the ______ and Jutes.

2. Where did the third portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?

3. Who was the father of the wife Aethewulf brought home from Rome?

4. Why did Alfred alter passages in the second work translated?

5. Who was Alfred the Great's father?

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