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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. What king died in 890?
(a) The southern king.
(b) The eastern king.
(c) The western king.
(d) The northern king.

2. What is the name of the relative of Alfred's that died in 888?
(a) Aethelfor.
(b) Aethelberg.
(c) Aethelswith.
(d) Aethelsyd.

3. The document included after the will gives what to Aethelhelm?
(a) A neighboring kingdom.
(b) An estate.
(c) A wife.
(d) A portion of the kingdom.

4. Where did the story of King Alfred's rule come from?
(a) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
(b) Asser's interviews with members of his court.
(c) Alfred's private journals.
(d) The Wessex Chronicle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many candles did Alfred have made?

2. What structures did Alfred build during his reign?

3. Where were the couriers sent in 889?

4. What is the next document?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a charter in Anglo-Saxon terms? How many survive from the Anglo-Saxon period?

2. When did Alfred die? How long did he rule?

3. What three people died between 888 and 890?

4. What did Alfred do with the second part of his money?

5. How were people who were disobedient to Alfred handled?

6. Where did the Vikings go in 896? What happened?

7. Why does King Alfred alter passages of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy? What do these alterations reveal about Alfred?

8. Explain the translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies.

9. What is Bishop Wulfsige's preface to the translation of Gregory's Dialogues?

10. Why was Alfred so careful about his financial affairs?

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