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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. Asser aided negotiations between Alfred the Great and ______.
(a) Vikings.
(b) Local nobility.
(c) Welsh kings.
(d) English kings.

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

3. How many Viking ships did Aethelstan capture?
(a) Twenty.
(b) None; they were all burned to ashes.
(c) One.
(d) Nine.

4. Asser probably divided his time between Alfred's kingdom and ______.
(a) St. Augustine's.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) St. David's.

5. What career did Asser have?
(a) Professor.
(b) Artist.
(c) Writer.
(d) Monk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the father of the wife Aethewulf brought home from Rome?

2. In addition to a priest, Asser was a ______.

3. Where does Asser give some biographical details about himself?

4. Where did Alfred the Great fall among his siblings?

5. When did Pope Marinus die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on Easter in 878?

2. Explain what happened when the Viking army left East Anglia and attacked the West Saxons.

3. Into what three periods can Alfred's reign be divided?

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

5. Describe Alfred's youth.

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

7. What did one historian theorize about Asser's Life of King Alfred?

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

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

10. Who was Asser?

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