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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 career did Asser have?
(a) Writer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Monk.
(d) Artist.

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

3. How long did Asser probably stay with Alfred?
(a) Eight months.
(b) A year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Eight weeks.

4. How many siblings did Alfred the Great have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Viking ships did Aethelstan capture?

2. When was the epithet "the Great" added to Alfred's name?

3. What new wife did Aethewulf bring from Rome?

4. In what district was Alfred the Great born?

5. Who of the following did NOT share the title "the Great" with Alfred?

(see the answer key)

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