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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 33 - 90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Asser meet Alfred the Great?
(a) They were childhood friends.
(b) Asser petitioned him.
(c) Alfred summoned him.
(d) Asser was assigned to aid him in negotiations.

2. One historian theorized that Life of King Alfred was written by whom?
(a) A forger.
(b) A university professor.
(c) Alfred himself.
(d) Alfred's sister.

3. What did Asser read aloud to Alfred the Great?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Whatever books were on hand.
(c) Books on history and politics.
(d) The Works of Shakespeare.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the origin of Asser's name?

2. Which of the following themes does NOT characterize the political history of Anglo-Saxon England in the first half of the ninth century?

3. What book served as a style guide for Asser's book?

4. Asser traces Alfred's lineage all the back to whom?

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

(see the answer key)

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