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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. Which of the following themes does NOT characterize the political history of Anglo-Saxon England in the first half of the ninth century?
(a) Balance of power changes started to favor Wessex over Mercia.
(b) An alliance developed between the two kingdoms.
(c) The impact of the invasions in England.
(d) The growing economic struggles in London's business center.

2. Where did Aethelstan slaughter the Viking army?
(a) Sandwich.
(b) Surrey.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) Wessex.

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

4. When did Pope Marinus die?
(a) 891.
(b) 879.
(c) 880.
(d) 885.

5. Whom did the Vikings attack when they left East Anglia?
(a) The West Saxons.
(b) The Northern Celts.
(c) The East Angles.
(d) The Scots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Alfred the Great have when he came into power?

2. At what estate was Alfred the Great born?

3. Where was Alfred the Great sent in 853?

4. What new wife did Aethewulf bring from Rome?

5. In the 19th century Alfred the Great was seen as the founder of the British _______ and ______.

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