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

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

3. What aspect of the document included after the will is particularly interesting?

4. How many candles did Alfred have made?

5. What did Alfred contribute to the translation of Pope Gregory's work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How were people who were disobedient to Alfred handled?

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

6. Explain Alfred's law-code.

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

8. What is Bishop Wulfsige's preface to the translation of Gregory's Dialogues?

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

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

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 alliances that Alfred developed with other kingdoms in order to defend against the Vikings. Why did so many kingdoms swear oaths to King Alfred?

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