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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. When was the epithet "the Great" added to Alfred's name?
(a) Before the fifteenth century.
(b) Sometime during the seventeenth century.
(c) Not until the last fifty years or so.
(d) After the sixteenth century.

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

3. Where did the Vikings spend the winter?
(a) On the Thames.
(b) On the Rhein.
(c) In Stratford upon Avon.
(d) In the northern English countryside.

4. Where did Alfred the Great fall among his siblings?
(a) The middle child.
(b) The third child.
(c) Youngest.
(d) Oldest.

5. What illness did Alfred the Great have when he came into power?
(a) Severe depression and anxiety.
(b) It was an unknown illness.
(c) Makola disease.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made peace with the Vikings after Aethelred died?

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

3. When was Alfred the Great born?

4. How long did Asser probably stay with Alfred?

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

(see the answer key)

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