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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. Asser aided negotiations between Alfred the Great and ______.
(a) Vikings.
(b) English kings.
(c) Local nobility.
(d) Welsh kings.

2. What new wife did Aethewulf bring from Rome?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Judith.
(c) Anne.
(d) Mary.

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

4. Where did the Vikings go in 872?
(a) Wessex.
(b) London.
(c) Reading.
(d) Canterbury.

5. What kingdom was Asser from?
(a) Cork.
(b) Kent.
(c) Dyfed.
(d) Wessex.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the Vikings make peace in 872?

2. What is listed in paragraph two?

3. After his capture, what was the relationship between Alfred the Great and the king of the Vikings?

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

5. Where did King Alfred and his ally go to fight the Vikings?

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