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

2. The second part of the code is from whom?
(a) Moses.
(b) Ine.
(c) Edward.
(d) Alfred.

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

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

5. What is discussed in the first part of Chapter IV?
(a) King Alfred's military interests.
(b) King Alfred's laws.
(c) King Alfred's spiritual beliefs.
(d) King Alfred's promises to his people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was rebelled against just after Alfred died?

2. When was the next document produced?

3. What bishop translated a work by Pope Gregory for King Alfred?

4. What did Alfred the Great want to restore to England?

5. How many Viking armies did the Northumbrians and East Angles fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies.

2. What is the purpose of Chapter II?

3. What did Alfred do with the revenues he received?

4. What did Alfred do with the second part of his money?

5. Why was Alfred so careful about his financial affairs?

6. What is the final document in King Alfred the Great?

7. What is Bishop Wulfsige's preface to the translation of Gregory's Dialogues?

8. Who swore oaths to King Alfred in 893? What happened when the Vikings split into roving bands that same year?

9. What three people died between 888 and 890?

10. What is the penultimate document? What are double acrostics?

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