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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. Where did the Vikings spend the winter?
(a) In the northern English countryside.
(b) On the Thames.
(c) In Stratford upon Avon.
(d) On the Rhein.

2. Who wrote the psalms?
(a) Adam.
(b) Luke.
(c) David.
(d) Jonah.

3. What did Alfred the Great want to restore to England?
(a) Spiritual enlightenment.
(b) Education.
(c) Religious culture.
(d) The books it once contained.

4. Who was Inglid's brother?
(a) Taetwa.
(b) Cenred.
(c) Elesa.
(d) Ine.

5. When did Burgred, the new king of the Mercians, ask Aethewulf for help against the Vikings?
(a) 864.
(b) 851.
(c) 853.
(d) 865.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bishop translated a work by Pope Gregory for King Alfred?

2. How many candles did Alfred have made?

3. Where were Alfred's candles burned?

4. What was the second work translated?

5. How many structures did Alfred the Great build?

(see the answer key)

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