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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. What career did Asser have?
(a) Writer.
(b) Artist.
(c) Professor.
(d) Monk.

2. Where does Asser give some biographical details about himself?
(a) In his autobiography.
(b) In the Life of King Alfred.
(c) In his journals.
(d) In a letter about Life of King Alfred.

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

4. Where did the second portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?
(a) The poor.
(b) The school.
(c) His monasteries.
(d) Neighboring monasteries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was pope when Alfred was sent to Rome?

2. What did Asser aid Alfred the Great in creating for many in his kingdom?

3. The first part of the code is from whom?

4. Where did Alfred the Great fall among his siblings?

5. What is included in Chapter IV that is from the Bible?

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