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

2. Whom did Alfred the Great come to rule in 871?
(a) The West Saxons.
(b) The East Saxons.
(c) The Northern Angles.
(d) The Celts.

3. What was the name of the king who died in 890?
(a) Exeter.
(b) Heahstan.
(c) Aelthehelm.
(d) Guthrum.

4. Where did the first portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?
(a) The school.
(b) His monasteries.
(c) Neighboring monasteries.
(d) The poor.

5. Whose Soliloquies did Alfred translate?
(a) Thomas Aquinas's.
(b) St. Francis's.
(c) St. Augustine's.
(d) Pope Gregory's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the psalms?

2. How was the kingdom split between father and son?

3. What chronicle did Asser use as a basis for his book?

4. Whom did Alfred the Great visit while passing through Carolingian France?

5. Where did the Vikings spend the winter?

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