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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 were Alfred's candles burned?
(a) At cathedrals.
(b) In his private prayer chapel.
(c) At relics.
(d) At cemeteries.

2. Who combined forces with King Alfred after the Vikings left East Anglia?
(a) The local nobility.
(b) His brother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) Asser.

3. How many Viking ships did Aethelstan capture?
(a) Nine.
(b) One.
(c) None; they were all burned to ashes.
(d) Twenty.

4. Where was Alfred the Great sent in 853?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

5. Who was Inglid's brother?
(a) Elesa.
(b) Cenred.
(c) Ine.
(d) Taetwa.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

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

3. Who fought against the Vikings at Kent?

4. Whom did the Vikings attack when they left East Anglia?

5. Where did the third portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?

(see the answer key)

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