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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. How many ships did the Vikings bring to England?
(a) 175.
(b) More than 400.
(c) 350.
(d) 50.

2. When did Burgred, the new king of the Mercians, ask Aethewulf for help against the Vikings?
(a) 864.
(b) 853.
(c) 865.
(d) 851.

3. Asser employed a translation of the annals from 851 to ______ to compose his book.
(a) 865.
(b) 887.
(c) 899.
(d) 891.

4. 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."
(a) Christians.
(b) Men.
(c) Peoples.
(d) English.

5. When did the Vikings leave East Anglia?
(a) 857.
(b) 899.
(c) 871.
(d) 865.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many siblings did Alfred the Great have?

3. What relationship did Alfred have with the king who died in 890?

4. What time period is not recorded in Asser's book?

5. What country did Alfred the Great rule?

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