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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. Whom did Alfred the Great come to rule in 871?
(a) The Celts.
(b) The East Saxons.
(c) The Northern Angles.
(d) The West Saxons.

2. When did Ceorl fight with the men of Devon?
(a) 871.
(b) 851.
(c) 865.
(d) 849.

3. 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."
(a) Christians.
(b) English.
(c) Men.
(d) Peoples.

4. Where did Alfred have something built in 878?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Wessex.
(c) Athelney.
(d) London.

5. Where was Alfred the Great sent in 853?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Vikings go in 872?

2. What did the pope do to Alfred?

3. Where were the Vikings in 855?

4. When was Alfred the Great born?

5. When did the Vikings leave East Anglia?

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