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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Miscellaneous Sources for the Reign of King Alfred.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was nearly destroyed by the Vikings?
(a) Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
(b) London.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Canterbury.

4. Who was Alfred the Great's father?
(a) Cedric.
(b) Woden.
(c) Aethewulf.
(d) Egbest.

5. What document is included after the will?
(a) A treaty.
(b) A list of King Alfred's properties.
(c) A charter.
(d) Another will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why could the Vikings not remain where they went in 894?

2. Where did Aethelstan slaughter the Viking army?

3. Whose will is included?

4. Where did the first portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?

5. The second work translated was a dialogue between Boethius and ______.

(see the answer key)

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