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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the inhabitants of the city Bohemund and his allies want to conquer call for help?
(a) Alexius.
(b) The King of France.
(c) The Sultan.
(d) Isaac.

2. Who tries to raise an army to go after Alexius according to Anna?
(a) The Turks
(b) Bohemund.
(c) The Dalmatians.
(d) Tzachas.

3. Who does Alexius battle at the start of Book IX?
(a) Scythians.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Tzachas and Dalmatians.
(d) Bohemund and Turks.

4. What does Anna say Bohemund did to fool Alexius at the end of Book XI?
(a) Burn Jerusalem to the ground.
(b) Hire mercenaries to fake an attack on the Venetians.
(c) Fake his death.
(d) Retreat his army from Jerusalem.

5. Who dies at the start of Book XIV?
(a) Irene.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Bohemund.
(d) Tancred.

6. Who does Alexius capture after leading a revolt in Trapezus?
(a) Gregory Taronites.
(b) Dyrrachius.
(c) Isaac Contostephanus.
(d) Bohemund.

7. Who does Bohemund seek an alliance with?
(a) Duke of Normandy.
(b) The pope.
(c) King of France.
(d) King of Germany.

8. Who does Alexius want to accompany him to the western countries?
(a) Gregory.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Bohemund.
(d) Empress Irene.

9. Who is the Prince of Babylon?
(a) Amerimnes.
(b) Ampelotes.
(c) Kahkan
(d) Xerxes.

10. What does Alexius' plan against the invaders entail according to Anna?
(a) Facing them face to face.
(b) Paying them to leave.
(c) Digging a canal.
(d) Getting more allies.

11. How many days is Alexius delayed by the conspiracy against him?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 16 days.
(d) 15 days.

12. Who does Alexius need to focus on before returning home according to Anna at the start of Book XIV?
(a) The Franks.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Manicheans.
(d) The Comans.

13. What does Anna say the heretic is ignorant of?
(a) The laws of Constantinople.
(b) Church tradition.
(c) What he must do to stay alive.
(d) Reading.

14. Who sent an odd message to Alexius according to Anna?
(a) Isaac.
(b) The Duke of Normandy.
(c) Ubus.
(d) The King of France.

15. Who rejoices over Alexius' victories against the Turks according to Anna?
(a) The Franks.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) The Genoans.
(d) Alexius' army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at Levunium according to Anna?

2. Who does Alexius send to Ephesus according to Anna?

3. What are some of the Counts resisting?

4. Who does Anna compare her father to at the end of Book XIV?

5. What hung in the sky for 40 days according to Anna?

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