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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. Whose Soliloquies did Alfred translate?
(a) St. Francis's.
(b) Thomas Aquinas's.
(c) Pope Gregory's.
(d) St. Augustine's.

2. What aspect of the document included after the will is particularly interesting?
(a) The conditions.
(b) The date.
(c) The witnesses.
(d) The circumstances.

3. What was Alfred's final prose translation?
(a) The Psalter.
(b) The Gospels.
(c) The New Testament.
(d) The Catholic Book of Prayer.

4. Whom did the Vikings fight in 890?
(a) The Angles.
(b) The Franks.
(c) The Saxons.
(d) The Celts.

5. What relationship did Alfred have with the king who died in 890?
(a) He was King Alfred's godson.
(b) He was King Alfred's cousin.
(c) He was King Alfred's godfather.
(d) He was King Alfred's mother's nephew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many candles did Alfred have made?

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

3. What appeared at Easter in 891?

4. The first part of the code is from whom?

5. Who joined forces with the Saxons in 891 to fight the Vikings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain Alfred's law-code.

5. What three people died between 888 and 890?

6. When did Alfred die? How long did he rule?

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

8. What is the significance of Alfred's will? Why did his will cause a rebellion against Edward just after Alfred died?

9. What is the purpose of Chapter II?

10. Explain the preface of the translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care.

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