Question

read this excerpt about a viking invasion in england. as the vikings were going to their ships, the english army should have come back into the field to prevent them turning inland again. and that’s when the english army went home. . . . all the council was summoned to the king to determine how to defend the realm. but whatever was decided on did not last even a month. in the end, there was no man prepared to call up his forces. everyone ran off and did the best he could. what does this excerpt indicate about the general state of european military power at the time of that invasion? the military needed help from the roman empire. the military was powerful enough to stop the invasion. the military was not strong enough to protect europe. the military was full of strong, independent leaders.

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first option: The excerpt has no mention of the Roman Empire, so this is incorrect.
2. Analyze the second option: The English army went home instead of stopping the Vikings, and no one was prepared to call up forces, so the military was not powerful enough to stop the invasion, eliminating this option.
3. Analyze the third option: The English army failed to prevent the Vikings from potentially turning inland, and there was a lack of preparedness to mobilize forces, indicating the military was not strong enough to protect Europe. This matches the excerpt.
4. Analyze the fourth option: The excerpt shows people ran off and no one was prepared to lead in mobilizing forces, so there were not strong, independent leaders, eliminating this option.

Answer:

C. The military was not strong enough to protect Europe.