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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. Whom did the Vikings fight in 890?

2. Which of the following does Asser NOT discuss about Alfred's reign?

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

4. What kind of king was Alfred the Great, according to Asser?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the purpose of Chapter II?

4. Explain Alfred's law-code.

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

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

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

8. Explain the translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies.

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

10. Why does King Alfred alter passages of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy? What do these alterations reveal about Alfred?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast fiction and non-fiction. Is Alfred the Great fiction or non-fiction? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

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

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