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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the relationship between Pope Marinus and Alfred the Great?
(a) They were friends.
(b) Pope Marinus baptized Alfred into the Roman Catholic Church.
(c) Pope Marinus was Alfred's spiritual advisor.
(d) Alfred went to school with Marinus before he became pope.

2. Whom did Alfred the Great visit while passing through Carolingian France?
(a) Charles the Bald.
(b) Louis the Educated.
(c) Catherine the Peaceful.
(d) Jason the Argonaut.

3. Where did the Vikings go in 872?
(a) London.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) Wessex.
(d) Reading.

4. When did the Vikings leave East Anglia?
(a) 857.
(b) 865.
(c) 871.
(d) 899.

5. What audience did Asser have in mind when he wrote his book?
(a) Welsh people.
(b) Other kings.
(c) English people.
(d) Alfred's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was nearly destroyed by the Vikings?

2. What is included in the annals put together during and following Alfred's reign?

3. Where did the Vikings spend the winter?

4. Where was Asser from?

5. Who of the following did NOT share the title "the Great" with Alfred?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was King Alfred's significance to the kingdom of Wessex?

2. Why was Alfred sent to Rome? What happened while he was there?

3. What happened when the Vikings brought 350 ships to England through the Thames?

4. List at least three events in Alfred's youth that probably influenced him.

5. What three themes characterize the political history of Anglo-Saxon England in the first half of the ninth century?

6. What was the audience Asser intended for his Life of King Alfred?

7. Who were Alfred's children? What lives did they lead?

8. What role did education play in Alfred's life during his reign?

9. What happened when Aethelwulf went with Alfred to Rome?

10. Explain Alfred's reform efforts during his reign.

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