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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work by Pope Gregory did a bishop translate for King Alfred?
(a) Letters.
(b) Homilies.
(c) Lectures.
(d) Dialogues.

2. The Vikings split up into roving ______.
(a) Forces.
(b) Bands.
(c) Tribes.
(d) Armies.

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

4. What aspect of the document included after the will is particularly interesting?
(a) The circumstances.
(b) The witnesses.
(c) The date.
(d) The conditions.

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

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

7. What is included in Chapter IV that is from the Bible?
(a) The Beatitudes.
(b) The Sermon on the Mount.
(c) The lineage of King David.
(d) The Ten Commandments.

8. What is addressed in the will?
(a) Instructions for funeral.
(b) Rulership.
(c) Care of family members.
(d) Private property.

9. What is discussed in the first part of Chapter IV?
(a) King Alfred's laws.
(b) King Alfred's military interests.
(c) King Alfred's promises to his people.
(d) King Alfred's spiritual beliefs.

10. What aspect of his money did Alfred believe God would reward?
(a) Giving to charity.
(b) Spending it for his subjects.
(c) Tithing.
(d) Saving for an inheritance.

11. What structures did Alfred build during his reign?
(a) Schools.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Monasteries.
(d) Fortresses.

12. What was Alfred's final prose translation?
(a) The Gospels.
(b) The New Testament.
(c) The Psalter.
(d) The Catholic Book of Prayer.

13. How many candles did Alfred have made?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

14. The second work translated was a dialogue between Boethius and ______.
(a) The Earl of Wessex.
(b) Lady Philosophy.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Dr. Freud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Vikings fight in 890?

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

3. Who sent a letter to Alfred around 886?

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

5. What relationship did Alfred have with the king who died in 890?

(see the answer keys)

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