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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. Alfred's mother was descended from the ______ and Jutes.
(a) Goths.
(b) Celts.
(c) French.
(d) Vikings.

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

3. What country did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Wales.
(d) England.

4. What did Asser later become?
(a) A university dean.
(b) A literary publisher.
(c) A bishop.
(d) A royal court attendant.

5. What is listed in paragraph two?
(a) Alfred's birth.
(b) Alfred's siblings.
(c) Alfred's mother's family.
(d) Alfred's childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the Vikings in 855?

2. What did the pope do to Alfred?

3. What was nearly destroyed by the Vikings?

4. How many brothers did Alfred the Great have?

5. Who were invading England during the reign of Alfred the Great?

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