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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. How many Viking armies did the Northumbrians and East Angles fight?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. What illness did Alfred the Great have when he came into power?
(a) It was an unknown illness.
(b) Makola disease.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Severe depression and anxiety.

3. What did the pope do to Alfred?
(a) Blessed his military activities.
(b) Ex-communicate him.
(c) Ordained him as a priest.
(d) Anointed him as king.

4. What annals were put together during and following Alfred's reign?
(a) The England Annals.
(b) The Wessex Annals.
(c) The Journals of Alfred the Great.
(d) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

5. Alfred's mother was descended from the ______ and Jutes.
(a) French.
(b) Celts.
(c) Vikings.
(d) Goths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Alfred's final prose translation?

2. When did Pope Marinus die?

3. Where did the second part of Alfred's money go?

4. Why did Alfred alter passages in the second work translated?

5. When the king of the Vikings was captured, what did Alfred do to him?

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