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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. In what year did Asser meet Alfred the Great?
(a) 885.
(b) 862.
(c) 899.
(d) 871.

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

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

4. Why did Asser never attempt to circulate his book?
(a) He knew Alfred would not approve.
(b) It was too expensive to print.
(c) He could not find a publisher.
(d) It was never finished.

5. One historian theorized that Life of King Alfred was written by whom?
(a) A forger.
(b) Alfred himself.
(c) A university professor.
(d) Alfred's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time period is not recorded in Asser's book?

2. Who was the father of the wife Aethewulf brought home from Rome?

3. What did the pope do to Alfred?

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

5. How did Asser learn of the various texts mentioned in his work?

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