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

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

3. Alfred the Great promised ______ of his mental and bodily effort to God's service.

4. What is the name of the relative of Alfred's that died in 888?

5. Many psalms express outrage with the author's enemies and pleas to God for ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Chapter II?

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

3. What did Alfred promise to God's service?

4. Explain Alfred's law-code.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Explain the role that faith played in Alfred's life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Alfred the Great's mysterious illness. How did it affect his life? How did it affect his reign? How was it treated? How was he cured?

Essay Topic 2

Explain why it was important for Asser to include King Alfred's lineage in his biography, particularly on his father's side.

Essay Topic 3

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

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