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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I, Asser's Life of King Alfred, Paragraphs 1 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Viking ships did Aethelstan capture?
(a) None; they were all burned to ashes.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twenty.
(d) One.

2. How was the kingdom split between father and son?
(a) East to the father, west to the son.
(b) North to the father, south to the son.
(c) West to the father, east to the son.
(d) South to the father, north to the son.

3. Who of the following did NOT share the title "the Great" with Alfred?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Charles.
(c) Charlemagne.
(d) Otto.

4. What did Asser aid Alfred the Great in creating for many in his kingdom?
(a) Law books.
(b) Curriculum.
(c) Translations of the Holy Bible.
(d) A census.

5. In the 19th century Alfred the Great was seen as the founder of the British _______ and ______.
(a) Royal Air Force; colonization.
(b) Library system; public education.
(c) Police force; Empire.
(d) Navy; Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Asser meet Alfred the Great?

2. Alfred's mother was descended from the ______ and Jutes.

3. What audience did Asser have in mind when he wrote his book?

4. Which of the following themes does NOT characterize the political history of Anglo-Saxon England in the first half of the ninth century?

5. When was the epithet "the Great" added to Alfred's name?

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