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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. Who was the father of the wife Aethewulf brought home from Rome?
(a) Charlemagne.
(b) Jason of the Argonauts.
(c) Charles the Bald.
(d) Louis the XVI.

2. In what year did an army invade England, taking a variety of smaller kingdoms?
(a) 899.
(b) 871.
(c) 865.
(d) 893.

3. When the king of the Vikings was captured, what did Alfred do to him?
(a) Freed him.
(b) Baptized him.
(c) Imprisoned him.
(d) Killed him.

4. What did Asser provide regarding Alfred the Great?
(a) A bust.
(b) An oil painting.
(c) A museum.
(d) A biography.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were the Vikings in 855?

3. At what estate was Alfred the Great born?

4. How was the kingdom split between father and son?

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

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