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

2. What is the origin of Asser's name?
(a) German.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) African.
(d) Danish.

3. Asser probably divided his time between Alfred's kingdom and ______.
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) St. David's.
(d) St. Augustine's.

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

5. When did Burgred, the new king of the Mercians, ask Aethewulf for help against the Vikings?
(a) 865.
(b) 851.
(c) 853.
(d) 864.

Short Answer Questions

1. Asser's Life of King Alfred begins with Asser's dedication of the work to Alfred "ruler of all the ______ of the island of Britain, King of the Angles and Saxons."

2. Who fought against the Vikings at Kent?

3. Where does Asser give some biographical details about himself?

4. What did Asser read aloud to Alfred the Great?

5. When did Alfred the Great rule?

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