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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. Where were Alfred's candles burned?
(a) At relics.
(b) In his private prayer chapel.
(c) At cathedrals.
(d) At cemeteries.

2. Where did the Vikings go in 872?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) London.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Reading.

3. What was the first work that Alfred the Great had translated for himself?
(a) Pastoral Care.
(b) The Catholic Catechism.
(c) On Prayer.
(d) Dialogues on Faith.

4. With whom did the Vikings make peace in 872?
(a) The Northumbrians.
(b) The Mercians.
(c) The Angles.
(d) The Saxons.

5. What did Asser read aloud to Alfred the Great?
(a) Whatever books were on hand.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Books on history and politics.
(d) The Works of Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Vikings fight the king of the Saxons, Aethelwulf and his son Aethelbald for a long time?

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

3. Whose will is included?

4. Why did Alfred chose the work he did to be the first to be translated for himself?

5. The first part of the code is from whom?

(see the answer key)

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