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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Miscellaneous Sources for the Reign of King Alfred.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did an army invade England, taking a variety of smaller kingdoms?
(a) 899.
(b) 871.
(c) 865.
(d) 893.

3. Who was the father of the wife Aethewulf brought home from Rome?
(a) Charles the Bald.
(b) Louis the XVI.
(c) Jason of the Argonauts.
(d) Charlemagne.

4. Asser aided negotiations between Alfred the Great and ______.
(a) Vikings.
(b) Local nobility.
(c) English kings.
(d) Welsh kings.

5. After his capture, what was the relationship between Alfred the Great and the king of the Vikings?
(a) They continued to be enemies.
(b) They remained friends.
(c) He was Alfred's adoptive son.
(d) There was no relationship; the king of the Vikings was dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Alfred the Great come to rule in 871?

2. Where did the Vikings go in 872?

3. Who was rebelled against just after Alfred died?

4. When did Asser write his Life of King Alfred?

5. The first part of the code is from whom?

(see the answer key)

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