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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. When was the epithet "the Great" added to Alfred's name?
(a) Before the fifteenth century.
(b) Sometime during the seventeenth century.
(c) After the sixteenth century.
(d) Not until the last fifty years or so.

2. Those who disobeyed Alfred were often ______.
(a) Imprisoned.
(b) Banished.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Humiliated.

3. What annals were put together during and following Alfred's reign?
(a) The Journals of Alfred the Great.
(b) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
(c) The Wessex Annals.
(d) The England Annals.

4. Asser probably divided his time between Alfred's kingdom and ______.
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) St. David's.
(d) St. Augustine's.

5. Alfred the Great promised ______ of his mental and bodily effort to God's service.
(a) Half.
(b) Some.
(c) All.
(d) Much.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his capture, what was the relationship between Alfred the Great and the king of the Vikings?

2. With whom did the Vikings make peace in 872?

3. What illness did Alfred the Great have when he came into power?

4. Whom did the Vikings attack when they left East Anglia?

5. What structures did Alfred build during his reign?

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