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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendices.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did Alfred alter passages in the second work translated?
(a) To generate an explicitly Christian message in it.
(b) To simply its explanations for the common man.
(c) To create a better picture of the history of England.
(d) To protect the nobility from sharing their secrets.

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

5. Where did the Vikings spend the winter?
(a) In Stratford upon Avon.
(b) On the Rhein.
(c) On the Thames.
(d) In the northern English countryside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose Soliloquies did Alfred translate?

2. What work by Pope Gregory did Asser help translate?

3. When was Alfred the Great born?

4. When Alfred received revenues, he apportioned much of it to ______ affairs.

5. Where was Alfred the Great sent in 853?

(see the answer key)

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