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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where were Alfred's candles burned?
(a) At cathedrals.
(b) At cemeteries.
(c) In his private prayer chapel.
(d) At relics.
2. How many years did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) 17.
(b) 25.
(c) 28.
(d) 30.
3. Why could the Vikings not remain where they went in 894?
(a) The winter was too harsh.
(b) They had too few resources.
(c) They were called away by the king to another area.
(d) They were battled back by enemy forces.
4. What document is included after the will?
(a) A charter.
(b) A list of King Alfred's properties.
(c) A treaty.
(d) Another will.
5. When Alfred received revenues, he apportioned much of it to ______ affairs.
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Military.
(c) Secular.
(d) Family.
6. What did Alfred focus on the care of?
(a) The poor.
(b) The immigrants.
(c) The uneducated.
(d) The religious.
7. What king died in 890?
(a) The southern king.
(b) The eastern king.
(c) The western king.
(d) The northern king.
8. What aspect of his money did Alfred believe God would reward?
(a) Saving for an inheritance.
(b) Spending it for his subjects.
(c) Giving to charity.
(d) Tithing.
9. Which of the following does Asser NOT discuss about Alfred's reign?
(a) Monastic intrigue.
(b) His appointees.
(c) Conspiracy.
(d) His phobias.
10. Where did the fourth portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?
(a) His monasteries.
(b) The poor.
(c) The school.
(d) Neighboring monasteries.
11. Alfred the Great promised ______ of his mental and bodily effort to God's service.
(a) Much.
(b) Some.
(c) All.
(d) Half.
12. The next document is between Alfred the Great and ______.
(a) Egsbed.
(b) Guthrum.
(c) Aethelred.
(d) Ine.
13. What relative of Alfred's died in 888?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His sister.
14. What was the first work that Alfred the Great had translated for himself?
(a) Pastoral Care.
(b) The Catholic Catechism.
(c) On Prayer.
(d) Dialogues on Faith.
15. What benefit did the translations have for Alfred the Great?
(a) Personal edification.
(b) Education.
(c) Interpersonal communication skills.
(d) Spiritual consolation.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many structures did Alfred the Great build?
2. The document included after the will gives what to Aethelhelm?
3. Where did the second portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?
4. Who joined forces with the Saxons in 891 to fight the Vikings?
5. Whose will is included?
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