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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 kind of phraseology does Asser use in his book?
(a) Overly formal.
(b) Archaic.
(c) Academic.
(d) Informal.

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

3. Where was Asser from?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) St. David's in Wales.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Limerick, Ireland.

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

5. Who of the following did NOT share the title "the Great" with Alfred?
(a) Charles.
(b) Otto.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Charlemagne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Alfred the Great visit while passing through Carolingian France?

2. When did Asser die?

3. How did Asser learn of the various texts mentioned in his work?

4. Where did the Vikings go in 872?

5. One historian theorized that Life of King Alfred was written by whom?

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