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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I, Asser's Life of King Alfred, Paragraphs 91 - 106.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom did Alfred the Great come to rule in 871?
(a) The East Saxons.
(b) The Celts.
(c) The Northern Angles.
(d) The West Saxons.

3. When the king of the Vikings was captured, what did Alfred do to him?
(a) Freed him.
(b) Baptized him.
(c) Killed him.
(d) Imprisoned him.

4. Asser aided negotiations between Alfred the Great and ______.
(a) Local nobility.
(b) Welsh kings.
(c) English kings.
(d) Vikings.

5. How many siblings did Alfred the Great have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structures did Alfred build during his reign?

2. How many brothers did Alfred the Great have?

3. What country did Alfred the Great rule?

4. When Alfred received revenues, he apportioned much of it to ______ affairs.

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

(see the answer key)

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