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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who made peace with the Vikings after Aethelred died?
(a) The Saxons.
(b) The Welsh.
(c) The Celts.
(d) The Angles.

2. Who was pope when Alfred was sent to Rome?
(a) John.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Leo.
(d) Pius.

3. What work by Pope Gregory did Asser help translate?
(a) Pastoral Care.
(b) Death and Dying.
(c) On the Sanctity of Marriage.
(d) The Journals of Pope Gregory.

4. What did Asser later become?
(a) A university dean.
(b) A royal court attendant.
(c) A literary publisher.
(d) A bishop.

5. In addition to a priest, Asser was a ______.
(a) Writer.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Professor.
(d) Bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the king of the Vikings?

2. Asser aided negotiations between Alfred the Great and ______.

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

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

5. What country did Alfred the Great rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three themes characterize the political history of Anglo-Saxon England in the first half of the ninth century?

2. Why was Alfred sent to Rome? What happened while he was there?

3. Explain the personal struggle Alfred endured during the early part of his life and reign.

4. What did one historian theorize about Asser's Life of King Alfred?

5. Who was Asser?

6. What was the relationship between Asser and Alfred?

7. What happened when the Vikings brought 350 ships to England through the Thames?

8. What happened when Aethelwulf went with Alfred to Rome?

9. What happened in 886 when the Viking army started attacking again?

10. What kind of style did Asser use in writing his Life of King Alfred?

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