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

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

3. How many ships did the Vikings bring to England?
(a) More than 400.
(b) 350.
(c) 175.
(d) 50.

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

5. What time period is not recorded in Asser's book?
(a) The 880s.
(b) The 890s.
(c) The 870s.
(d) The 860s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Asser from?

2. 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."

3. Where did Aethelstan slaughter the Viking army?

4. What did King Aethewulf order his wife to do when he and Alfred returned to the kingdom?

5. After his capture, what was the relationship between Alfred the Great and the king of the Vikings?

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