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

2. Where did the Vikings fight the king of the Saxons, Aethelwulf and his son Aethelbald for a long time?
(a) Surrey.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Sandwich.

3. At what estate was Alfred the Great born?
(a) Wantage.
(b) Heathrow.
(c) Tara.
(d) Langely.

4. What time period is not recorded in Asser's book?
(a) The 870s.
(b) The 890s.
(c) The 880s.
(d) The 860s.

5. With whom did the Vikings make peace in 872?
(a) The Mercians.
(b) The Angles.
(c) The Saxons.
(d) The Northumbrians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who were invading England during the reign of Alfred the Great?

3. Who was Alfred the Great's father?

4. Who took over when King Aethelred died?

5. Where did Alfred have something built in 878?

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