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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What audience did Asser have in mind when he wrote his book?
(a) Alfred's family.
(b) Welsh people.
(c) English people.
(d) Other kings.

2. What country did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Wales.

3. What was the condition of peace made with the Vikings?
(a) That the Vikings would disband their army.
(b) That the Vikings would leave.
(c) That the Vikings would become allies.
(d) That the Vikings would invade the Goths.

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

5. Which of the following themes does NOT characterize the political history of Anglo-Saxon England in the first half of the ninth century?
(a) The impact of the invasions in England.
(b) Balance of power changes started to favor Wessex over Mercia.
(c) The growing economic struggles in London's business center.
(d) An alliance developed between the two kingdoms.

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

7. How many Viking ships did Aethelstan capture?
(a) None; they were all burned to ashes.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twenty.
(d) One.

8. What did Asser read aloud to Alfred the Great?
(a) Books on history and politics.
(b) The Works of Shakespeare.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Whatever books were on hand.

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

10. Who combined forces with King Alfred after the Vikings left East Anglia?
(a) The local nobility.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His brother.
(d) Asser.

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

12. 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) Peoples.
(b) Christians.
(c) English.
(d) Men.

13. Who made peace with the Vikings after Aethelred died?
(a) The Saxons.
(b) The Angles.
(c) The Welsh.
(d) The Celts.

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

15. Whom did Alfred the Great visit while passing through Carolingian France?
(a) Catherine the Peaceful.
(b) Charles the Bald.
(c) Louis the Educated.
(d) Jason the Argonaut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did King Aethewulf order his wife to do when he and Alfred returned to the kingdom?

2. What was nearly destroyed by the Vikings?

3. Whom did the Vikings attack when they left East Anglia?

4. What illness did Alfred the Great have when he came into power?

5. How many brothers did Alfred the Great have?

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