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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Asser meet Alfred the Great?
(a) They were childhood friends.
(b) Asser petitioned him.
(c) Asser was assigned to aid him in negotiations.
(d) Alfred summoned him.

2. One historian theorized that Life of King Alfred was written by whom?
(a) A forger.
(b) Alfred's sister.
(c) A university professor.
(d) Alfred himself.

3. Asser's Life of King Alfred begins with Asser's dedication of the work to Alfred "ruler of all the ______ of the island of Britain, King of the Angles and Saxons."
(a) English.
(b) Men.
(c) Christians.
(d) Peoples.

4. What time period is not recorded in Asser's book?
(a) The 870s.
(b) The 860s.
(c) The 890s.
(d) The 880s.

5. What annals were put together during and following Alfred's reign?
(a) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
(b) The Journals of Alfred the Great.
(c) The England Annals.
(d) The Wessex Annals.

6. Why did Asser never attempt to circulate his book?
(a) It was too expensive to print.
(b) It was never finished.
(c) He knew Alfred would not approve.
(d) He could not find a publisher.

7. Who fought against the Vikings at Kent?
(a) Bedwig.
(b) Berhtwulf.
(c) Frithuwulf.
(d) Lamech.

8. Where did the Vikings go in 873?
(a) Back to their homeland.
(b) To the Celts.
(c) To the Scots.
(d) To the Northumbrians.

9. What was nearly destroyed by the Vikings?
(a) Wessex.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) London.
(d) Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

10. What county was protected against invaders during the reign of Alfred the Great?
(a) Cork.
(b) Avon.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Kent.

11. Where did the Vikings go in 872?
(a) Reading.
(b) Wessex.
(c) London.
(d) Canterbury.

12. What is not recorded in Asser's book?
(a) Alfred's military activities.
(b) Alfred's alliances with other kings.
(c) Alfred's childhood.
(d) Alfred's death.

13. What did Asser provide regarding Alfred the Great?
(a) A bust.
(b) A biography.
(c) An oil painting.
(d) A museum.

14. Where did the Vikings fight the king of the Saxons, Aethelwulf and his son Aethelbald for a long time?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Sandwich.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Surrey.

15. When did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) 893-899 A.D.
(b) 871-899 A.D.
(c) 871-901 A.D.
(d) The exact dates of his rule are not known.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the king of the Vikings was captured, what did Alfred do to him?

2. Asser probably divided his time between Alfred's kingdom and ______.

3. What audience did Asser have in mind when he wrote his book?

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

5. Where does Asser give some biographical details about himself?

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