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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, Extracts from the Writings of King Alfred.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Vikings spend the winter?
(a) On the Rhein.
(b) On the Thames.
(c) In the northern English countryside.
(d) In Stratford upon Avon.

2. Those who disobeyed Alfred were often ______.
(a) Banished.
(b) Imprisoned.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Ignored.

3. When did Burgred, the new king of the Mercians, ask Aethewulf for help against the Vikings?
(a) 864.
(b) 851.
(c) 865.
(d) 853.

4. Who wrote the first work that Alfred had translated for himself?
(a) St. Francis of Assisi.
(b) Pope Gregory.
(c) Pope Leo.
(d) Thomas Aquinas.

5. What aspect of his money did Alfred believe God would reward?
(a) Saving for an inheritance.
(b) Tithing.
(c) Spending it for his subjects.
(d) Giving to charity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Aethelstan slaughter the Viking army?

2. When did Ceorl fight with the men of Devon?

3. What was nearly destroyed by the Vikings?

4. What did the pope do to Alfred?

5. What did King Aethewulf order his wife to do when he and Alfred returned to the kingdom?

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