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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did an army invade England, taking a variety of smaller kingdoms?

2. After his capture, what was the relationship between Alfred the Great and the king of the Vikings?

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

4. What is not recorded in Asser's book?

5. What new wife did Aethewulf bring from Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Asser's dedication in his Life of King Alfred.

2. Describe Alfred's youth.

3. How did Asser come to know Alfred?

4. Who are at least three rulers who share Alfred's title of "the Great?"

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

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

7. What happened when the Vikings brought 350 ships to England through the Thames?

8. Who was Alfred's father? How far back is his lineage traced on his father's side?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the reputation that developed about King Alfred in the years after his death.

Essay Topic 2

Explain King Alfred's law-code. What did his law-code reveal about him as a ruler and as a person?

Essay Topic 3

What are appendices? What are the purposes of the appendices in Alfred the Great? What do they add to the book? How would the book be different if they were not there?

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