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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. What is included in the annals put together during and following Alfred's reign?

2. Asser aided negotiations between Alfred the Great and ______.

3. What did the pope do to Alfred?

4. When was Alfred the Great born?

5. Asser's Life of King Alfred begins with Asser's dedication of the work to Alfred "ruler of all the ______ of the island of Britain, King of the Angles and Saxons."

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the relationship between Asser and Alfred?

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

3. What happened in 886 when the Viking army started attacking again?

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

5. Into what three periods can Alfred's reign be divided?

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

7. Explain the personal struggle Alfred endured during the early part of his life and reign.

8. What happened on Easter in 878?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain Alfred's goal in translating works into English. What works did he choose? Why did he choose these specific works?

Essay Topic 3

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

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