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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 888-900.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the first portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?
(a) The poor.
(b) His monasteries.
(c) Neighboring monasteries.
(d) The school.

2. How many candles did Alfred have made?
(a) Three.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

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

4. Whom did Alfred the Great visit while passing through Carolingian France?
(a) Charles the Bald.
(b) Louis the Educated.
(c) Catherine the Peaceful.
(d) Jason the Argonaut.

5. What did King Aethewulf order his wife to do when he and Alfred returned to the kingdom?
(a) Visit him often in order to keep him distracted.
(b) Seduce him.
(c) Live with him in order to report all his activities to King Aethewulf.
(d) Sit with him on the throne until he died.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when King Alfred and his ally fought the Vikings?

3. Asser's Life of King Alfred begins with Asser's dedication of the work to Alfred "ruler of all the ______ of the island of Britain, King of the Angles and Saxons."

4. How many structures did Alfred the Great build?

5. What kind of phraseology does Asser use in his book?

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