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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. How many structures did Alfred the Great build?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Many.

2. Where were Alfred's candles burned?
(a) At cemeteries.
(b) At relics.
(c) In his private prayer chapel.
(d) At cathedrals.

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

4. Alfred's mother was descended from the ______ and Jutes.
(a) Vikings.
(b) Goths.
(c) Celts.
(d) French.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the psalms?

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

3. Those who disobeyed Alfred were often ______.

4. Whose Soliloquies did Alfred translate?

5. What kind of king was Alfred the Great, according to Asser?

(see the answer key)

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