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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. The next document is between Alfred the Great and ______.

2. What was Alfred the Great's spiritual life like?

3. Those who disobeyed Alfred were often ______.

4. Whom did the Vikings fight in 890?

5. What relative of Alfred's died in 888?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where did the Vikings go in 896? What happened?

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

5. Explain Alfred's law-code.

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

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

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

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

10. What is the purpose of Chapter II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Alfred's finances, focusing on the influence of his faith on his spending.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What was important to King Alfred? Explain his priorities in both his personal life and as a king. Support your claims.

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