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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 1 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was pope when Alfred was sent to Rome?
(a) John.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Leo.
(d) Pius.

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

3. When did Burgred, the new king of the Mercians, ask Aethewulf for help against the Vikings?
(a) 853.
(b) 865.
(c) 864.
(d) 851.

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

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."
(a) Christians.
(b) Peoples.
(c) Men.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Asser probably divided his time between Alfred's kingdom and ______.

2. How many brothers did Alfred the Great have?

3. Which of the following themes does NOT characterize the political history of Anglo-Saxon England in the first half of the ninth century?

4. What is included in the annals put together during and following Alfred's reign?

5. At what estate was Alfred the Great born?

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