View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Those who disobeyed Alfred were often ______.

2. How does Alfred divide the laws the he himself did not write?

3. Who was rebelled against just after Alfred died?

4. What did Alfred the Great want to restore to England?

5. In what year did the document included after the will give something to Aethelhelm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Alfred do with the revenues he received?

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

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

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

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

9. What three people died between 888 and 890?

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

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

What is writing style? Why is it important? Identify style elements Asser used in his Life of King Alfred.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast primary documents and secondary documents as they are used in historical research. Which of the resources used in Alfred the Great are primary? Which are secondary?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 650 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample