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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relationship did Alfred have with the king who died in 890?
(a) He was King Alfred's godfather.
(b) He was King Alfred's godson.
(c) He was King Alfred's mother's nephew.
(d) He was King Alfred's cousin.

2. In what year did the document included after the will give something to Aethelhelm?
(a) 892.
(b) Upon Alfred's death.
(c) 871.
(d) 886.

3. Why could the Vikings not remain where they went in 894?
(a) They were battled back by enemy forces.
(b) They had too few resources.
(c) They were called away by the king to another area.
(d) The winter was too harsh.

4. Into what language did a bishop translate Pope Gregory's work?
(a) Old English.
(b) French.
(c) Latin.
(d) German.

5. Though Alfred grew in prominence, he was still plagued by what?
(a) Severe depression.
(b) Attacks by foreign peoples.
(c) Assassination attempts.
(d) Fear of the unknown future.

6. Where did the third portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?
(a) The school.
(b) Neighboring monasteries.
(c) The poor.
(d) His monasteries.

7. Who joined forces with the Saxons in 891 to fight the Vikings?
(a) The Franks and Bavarians.
(b) The Celts and Bavarians.
(c) The Franks and Celts.
(d) Alfred and the Welsh.

8. When was the next document produced?
(a) 892.
(b) 886.
(c) 878.
(d) The exact date is not known.

9. Chapter II translates the annals that cover Alfred's life that pick up from ______?
(a) The birth of Alfred's son.
(b) The death of Asser.
(c) Alfred's marriage.
(d) Where Asser's writing left off.

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

11. Who was rebelled against just after Alfred died?
(a) Aethelweared.
(b) Aethelwold.
(c) Edward.
(d) Osferth.

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

13. What kind of king was Alfred the Great, according to Asser?
(a) Fierce.
(b) Militaristic.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Meek.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many structures did Alfred the Great build?

2. How does Alfred divide the laws the he himself did not write?

3. What aspect of the document included after the will is particularly interesting?

4. What is discussed in the first part of Chapter IV?

5. Where did the second part of Alfred's money go?

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