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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Asser later become?
(a) A university dean.
(b) A bishop.
(c) A royal court attendant.
(d) A literary publisher.

2. Who scolded King Alfred?
(a) The farmer's wife.
(b) The blacksmith's apprentice.
(c) The priest's deacon.
(d) The herdsman's wife.

3. How many brothers did Alfred the Great have?
(a) None.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. When did the Vikings leave East Anglia?
(a) 857.
(b) 871.
(c) 865.
(d) 899.

5. Where did Aethelstan slaughter the Viking army?
(a) Surrey.
(b) Sandwich.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Alfred chose the work he did to be the first to be translated for himself?

2. What does the subject of the second appendix represent?

3. What is the purpose of the subject of the second appendix?

4. What king died in 890?

5. Who was Inglid's brother?

(see the answer key)

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