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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the second part of Alfred's money go?
(a) Straight to his family.
(b) Straight to the people.
(c) Straight to the military.
(d) Straight to God.

2. What relative of Alfred's died in 888?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

3. Where did the Vikings travel in 894?
(a) Ireland.
(b) London.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Alfred chose the work he did to be the first to be translated for himself?
(a) It was a childhood favorite.
(b) It was recommended to him by Asser.
(c) It was a gift from his father.
(d) It focused on the traits needed for men in government.

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

10. Alfred the Great promised ______ of his mental and bodily effort to God's service.
(a) Half.
(b) All.
(c) Much.
(d) Some.

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

12. Who told Alfred to have works recorded and translated?
(a) Pope Gregory.
(b) Pope Manius.
(c) God.
(d) Asser.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joined forces with the Saxons in 891 to fight the Vikings?

2. What structures did Alfred build during his reign?

3. Who was rebelled against just after Alfred died?

4. Asser employed a translation of the annals from 851 to ______ to compose his book.

5. Chapter II translates the annals that cover Alfred's life that pick up from ______?

(see the answer keys)

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