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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) Alfred went to school with Marinus before he became pope.
(b) Pope Marinus baptized Alfred into the Roman Catholic Church.
(c) They were friends.
(d) Pope Marinus was Alfred's spiritual advisor.

2. Where did the Vikings go in 873?
(a) To the Northumbrians.
(b) To the Celts.
(c) Back to their homeland.
(d) To the Scots.

3. Where did Alfred have something built in 878?
(a) Athelney.
(b) Wessex.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) London.

4. How many ships did the Vikings bring to England?
(a) More than 400.
(b) 50.
(c) 350.
(d) 175.

5. Alfred's mother was descended from the ______ and Jutes.
(a) Vikings.
(b) Celts.
(c) French.
(d) Goths.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the Vikings leave East Anglia?

3. What time period is not recorded in Asser's book?

4. Who took over when King Aethelred died?

5. Where did the Vikings fight the king of the Saxons, Aethelwulf and his son Aethelbald for a long time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Asser come to know Alfred?

2. How did Aethelwulf attempt to keep his sons from fighting after his death? What happened when Aethelwulf died?

3. What happened to Eadburh when her husband, the West Saxon king, died?

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

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

6. Describe Alfred's youth.

7. Why was Asser's Life of King Alfred never intended to be circulated?

8. What happened on Easter in 878?

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

10. What audience read Asser's Life of King Alfred?

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