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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Asser meet Alfred the Great?
(a) 899.
(b) 885.
(c) 871.
(d) 862.

2. When the king of the Vikings was captured, what did Alfred do to him?
(a) Baptized him.
(b) Killed him.
(c) Imprisoned him.
(d) Freed him.

3. The inscription given in the second appendix reads, "Alfred ordered me to be ______."
(a) A place of prayer.
(b) Made.
(c) Ridden.
(d) Married to his kingdom.

4. Who was the father of the wife Aethewulf brought home from Rome?
(a) Charlemagne.
(b) Louis the XVI.
(c) Jason of the Argonauts.
(d) Charles the Bald.

5. What is the name of the relative of Alfred's that died in 888?
(a) Aethelfor.
(b) Aethelsyd.
(c) Aethelberg.
(d) Aethelswith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fought against the Vikings at Kent?

2. Those who disobeyed Alfred were often ______.

3. The Vikings split up into roving ______.

4. The second work translated was a dialogue between Boethius and ______.

5. Many psalms express outrage with the author's enemies and pleas to God for ______.

(see the answer key)

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