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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 33 - 90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Asser meet Alfred the Great?
(a) Asser was assigned to aid him in negotiations.
(b) Alfred summoned him.
(c) Asser petitioned him.
(d) They were childhood friends.

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

3. What illness did Alfred the Great have when he came into power?
(a) It was an unknown illness.
(b) Makola disease.
(c) Severe depression and anxiety.
(d) Tuberculosis.

4. Whom did Alfred the Great come to rule in 871?
(a) The West Saxons.
(b) The Celts.
(c) The Northern Angles.
(d) The East Saxons.

5. Who was Alfred the Great's father?
(a) Cedric.
(b) Egbest.
(c) Woden.
(d) Aethewulf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the kingdom split between father and son?

2. In addition to a priest, Asser was a ______.

3. After his capture, what was the relationship between Alfred the Great and the king of the Vikings?

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

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

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