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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 from the Bible and those from secular sources.
(d) Into those he altered and those that remain unaltered.

2. The second part of the code is from whom?
(a) Ine.
(b) Moses.
(c) Edward.
(d) Alfred.

3. What appeared at Easter in 891?
(a) An image of the Virgin Mary in the sky.
(b) A solar eclipse.
(c) A comet.
(d) A lunar eclipse.

4. How many couriers did Alfred the Great send out in 889?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Twelve.
(d) One.

5. Asser employed a translation of the annals from 851 to ______ to compose his book.
(a) 899.
(b) 891.
(c) 887.
(d) 865.

6. Many psalms express outrage with the author's enemies and pleas to God for ______.
(a) Victory.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Strength.
(d) Power.

7. Whose will is included?
(a) King Alfred's.
(b) Alfred's mother's.
(c) Alfred's brother's.
(d) Alfred's father's.

8. When Alfred received revenues, he apportioned much of it to ______ affairs.
(a) Military.
(b) Secular.
(c) Family.
(d) Spiritual.

9. Where were the couriers sent in 889?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Across Europe.

10. Whom did the Vikings fight in 890?
(a) The Angles.
(b) The Saxons.
(c) The Franks.
(d) The Celts.

11. How many years did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) 25.
(b) 17.
(c) 28.
(d) 30.

12. Which of the following does Asser NOT discuss about Alfred's reign?
(a) Monastic intrigue.
(b) His phobias.
(c) Conspiracy.
(d) His appointees.

13. What is the next document?
(a) A treaty.
(b) A debate.
(c) A transcription from a conversation.
(d) A letter.

14. What king died in 890?
(a) The southern king.
(b) The western king.
(c) The eastern king.
(d) The northern king.

15. What was the second work translated?
(a) Discourse on Faith.
(b) Consolation of Philosophy.
(c) Explanation of Nobility.
(d) Understanding of Psychology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Alfred grew in prominence, he was still plagued by what?

2. What aspect of his money did Alfred believe God would reward?

3. What document is included after the will?

4. Who sent a letter to Alfred around 886?

5. What did Alfred focus on the care of?

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