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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. The document included after the will gives what to Aethelhelm?
(a) An estate.
(b) A neighboring kingdom.
(c) A portion of the kingdom.
(d) A wife.

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

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

4. Those who disobeyed Alfred were often ______.
(a) Ignored.
(b) Imprisoned.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Banished.

5. The next document is between Alfred the Great and ______.
(a) Guthrum.
(b) Ine.
(c) Aethelred.
(d) Egsbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the couriers sent in 889?

2. Where did the second portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?

3. Who wrote the psalms?

4. Whose will is included?

5. Where were Alfred's candles burned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two major challenges did Alfred face during his reign?

2. What is the significance of Pope Gregory's Dialogues to King Alfred?

3. What is the significance of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care to King Alfred? What is its focus?

4. Where did the Vikings go in 896? What happened?

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

6. What is a charter in Anglo-Saxon terms? How many survive from the Anglo-Saxon period?

7. Who joined forces when the Vikings were attacking the Franks?

8. What is the purpose of Chapter II?

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

10. How were people who were disobedient to Alfred handled?

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