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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does Tzachas conquer during a rebellion in Cyprus?
(a) Dalmatia.
(b) Venice.
(c) Nicephorus.
(d) Smyrna.

2. What information does Alexius receive at the start of Book IX?
(a) A plot is unfolding in Constantinople.
(b) Part of his army fell into a trap.
(c) Part of his army defected.
(d) Tzachas' movements.

3. What frightens Alexius according to Anna?
(a) Robert's army.
(b) Robert's disregard for his men.
(c) The pope.
(d) Robert's will.

4. Who defeats Robert's fleet in Book VI?
(a) The Venetians.
(b) The Spaniards.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Greeks.

5. What target do the Scythians go after when they attack Alexius' army?
(a) The horse enclosure.
(b) Alexius' supply lines.
(c) The imperial tent.
(d) The right flank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pope Gregory VII accuse the one he had a dispute with of?

2. How is Alexius crowned emperor according to Anna?

3. Who does Anna say tries to act in order to remove the suspicion that arose after Alexius took power?

4. What does Anna say the heretic is ignorant of?

5. Who does Alexius start having problems with at the start of Book III?

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