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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. How many candles did Alfred have made?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

2. How many Viking ships did Aethelstan capture?
(a) None; they were all burned to ashes.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One.
(d) Nine.

3. Who combined forces with King Alfred after the Vikings left East Anglia?
(a) Asser.
(b) His brother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) The local nobility.

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

5. What is included in the annals put together during and following Alfred's reign?
(a) A rudimentary phone book.
(b) An account of the founding of London.
(c) The laws of England.
(d) A narrative of the king's military activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the king of the Vikings?

2. Where did the Vikings go in 872?

3. What is not recorded in Asser's book?

4. When was the epithet "the Great" added to Alfred's name?

5. 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."

(see the answer key)

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