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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. Where was Asser from?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) St. David's in Wales.
(d) Limerick, Ireland.

2. What kind of phraseology does Asser use in his book?
(a) Archaic.
(b) Overly formal.
(c) Informal.
(d) Academic.

3. How did Asser learn of the various texts mentioned in his work?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) From Alfred himself.
(c) Through friends and family members of Alfred the Great.
(d) From his days at university.

4. What did the pope do to Alfred?
(a) Blessed his military activities.
(b) Ordained him as a priest.
(c) Anointed him as king.
(d) Ex-communicate him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Asser later become?

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

3. Whom did Alfred the Great come to rule in 871?

4. What is included in the annals put together during and following Alfred's reign?

5. What country did Alfred the Great rule?

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