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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was pope when Alfred was sent to Rome?
(a) Pius.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Leo.
(d) John.

2. Where were the Vikings in 855?
(a) Sheppey.
(b) London.
(c) Surrey.
(d) Wessex.

3. What bishop translated a work by Pope Gregory for King Alfred?
(a) Werferth.
(b) Aethelred.
(c) Aelthehelm.
(d) Heahstan.

4. How does Alfred divide the laws the he himself did not write?
(a) Into those he likes and those he does not like.
(b) Into those that were conservative and those that were liberal.
(c) Into those he altered and those that remain unaltered.
(d) Into those from the Bible and those from secular sources.

5. Where was Asser from?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Limerick, Ireland.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) St. David's in Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Asser meet Alfred the Great?

2. Who were invading England during the reign of Alfred the Great?

3. What is discussed in the second appendix?

4. How many couriers did Alfred the Great send out in 889?

5. In what district was Alfred the Great born?

(see the answer key)

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