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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Miscellaneous Sources for the Reign of King Alfred.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom did the Vikings attack when they left East Anglia?
(a) The East Angles.
(b) The Northern Celts.
(c) The Scots.
(d) The West Saxons.

3. Why did Asser never attempt to circulate his book?
(a) He knew Alfred would not approve.
(b) It was too expensive to print.
(c) He could not find a publisher.
(d) It was never finished.

4. When was the epithet "the Great" added to Alfred's name?
(a) After the sixteenth century.
(b) Not until the last fifty years or so.
(c) Sometime during the seventeenth century.
(d) Before the fifteenth century.

5. What did Alfred focus on the care of?
(a) The poor.
(b) The immigrants.
(c) The uneducated.
(d) The religious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the pope do to Alfred?

3. How did Asser learn of the various texts mentioned in his work?

4. How many siblings did Alfred the Great have?

5. The Vikings split up into roving ______.

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