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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the psalms?
(a) Luke.
(b) Jonah.
(c) Adam.
(d) David.

2. How many years did Alfred the Great rule?
(a) 17.
(b) 30.
(c) 28.
(d) 25.

3. What bishop translated a work by Pope Gregory for King Alfred?
(a) Heahstan.
(b) Werferth.
(c) Aelthehelm.
(d) Aethelred.

4. Where did the second part of Alfred's money go?
(a) Straight to his family.
(b) Straight to the people.
(c) Straight to God.
(d) Straight to the military.

5. The next document is between Alfred the Great and ______.
(a) Aethelred.
(b) Guthrum.
(c) Egsbed.
(d) Ine.

6. What is the next document?
(a) A transcription from a conversation.
(b) A debate.
(c) A letter.
(d) A treaty.

7. Where did the first portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?
(a) The school.
(b) His monasteries.
(c) Neighboring monasteries.
(d) The poor.

8. What structures did Alfred build during his reign?
(a) Schools.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Fortresses.
(d) Monasteries.

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

10. What relative of Alfred's died in 888?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His brother.

11. Whom did the Vikings fight in 890?
(a) The Celts.
(b) The Angles.
(c) The Saxons.
(d) The Franks.

12. What is discussed in the first part of Chapter IV?
(a) King Alfred's laws.
(b) King Alfred's spiritual beliefs.
(c) King Alfred's promises to his people.
(d) King Alfred's military interests.

13. When was the next document produced?
(a) 892.
(b) 878.
(c) 886.
(d) The exact date is not known.

14. The second work translated was a dialogue between Boethius and ______.
(a) Lady Philosophy.
(b) Dr. Freud.
(c) The Earl of Wessex.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

15. How does Alfred divide the laws the he himself did not write?
(a) Into those he altered and those that remain unaltered.
(b) Into those he likes and those he does not like.
(c) Into those that were conservative and those that were liberal.
(d) Into those from the Bible and those from secular sources.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the fourth portion of the second part of Alfred's money go?

2. Asser employed a translation of the annals from 851 to ______ to compose his book.

3. The Vikings split up into roving ______.

4. Why could the Vikings not remain where they went in 894?

5. Who was rebelled against just after Alfred died?

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