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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. What work by Pope Gregory did Asser help translate?
(a) On the Sanctity of Marriage.
(b) Pastoral Care.
(c) The Journals of Pope Gregory.
(d) Death and Dying.

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

3. The document included after the will gives what to Aethelhelm?
(a) An estate.
(b) A neighboring kingdom.
(c) A portion of the kingdom.
(d) A wife.

4. What did Alfred focus on the care of?
(a) The immigrants.
(b) The poor.
(c) The uneducated.
(d) The religious.

5. What was Alfred's final prose translation?
(a) The Catholic Book of Prayer.
(b) The Gospels.
(c) The Psalter.
(d) The New Testament.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 19th century Alfred the Great was seen as the founder of the British _______ and ______.

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

3. Asser aided negotiations between Alfred the Great and ______.

4. What is listed in paragraph two?

5. Where did the Vikings travel in 894?

(see the answer key)

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