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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. What king died in 890?
(a) The southern king.
(b) The western king.
(c) The eastern king.
(d) The northern king.

2. What was nearly destroyed by the Vikings?
(a) Wessex.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) London.
(d) Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

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

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

5. What work by Pope Gregory did Asser help translate?
(a) The Journals of Pope Gregory.
(b) Death and Dying.
(c) On the Sanctity of Marriage.
(d) Pastoral Care.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not recorded in Asser's book?

2. How many Viking ships did Aethelstan capture?

3. At what estate was Alfred the Great born?

4. Who were invading England during the reign of Alfred the Great?

5. How many couriers did Alfred the Great send out in 889?

(see the answer key)

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