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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 addition to a priest, Asser was a ______.
(a) Bishop.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Professor.
(d) Writer.

2. What chronicle did Asser use as a basis for his book?
(a) The New British Chronicle.
(b) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
(c) The Welsh Chronicle.
(d) The Wessex Chronicle.

3. Where did the Vikings fight the king of the Saxons, Aethelwulf and his son Aethelbald for a long time?
(a) Wessex.
(b) Surrey.
(c) Sandwich.
(d) Canterbury.

4. Who were invading England during the reign of Alfred the Great?
(a) Vikings.
(b) Spaniards.
(c) Romans.
(d) Celts.

5. Where was Asser before he met Alfred?
(a) London, England.
(b) The northern English countryside.
(c) It is not known where he was.
(d) An obscure part of Wales.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One historian theorized that Life of King Alfred was written by whom?

3. What career did Asser have?

4. What work by Pope Gregory did Asser help translate?

5. Who of the following did NOT share the title "the Great" with Alfred?

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