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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Voyage to Scutari through Chapter 12, Second Siege of Constantinople.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through the next several decades, the area was overrun by Turks, and won back by Christians when?
(a) In the second Crusade.
(b) In the first three Crusades.
(c) In the third Crusade.
(d) In the first Crusade.

2. The Greeks attempt to set fire to the Crusader's ships by doing what?
(a) Shooting cannons at them.
(b) Shooting burning arrows at them.
(c) Sneaking aboard and setting them on fire.
(d) Sending burning sailboats in their direction.

3. The translator, R.B. Shaw, begins the novel with a brief introduction that explains what?
(a) The purpose of this book.
(b) The two chronicles given in the novel.
(c) The history of his career.
(d) The history of Christianity.

4. Pope Innocent proclaims that anyone who takes up the cross as part of the army for how long will be free from all of their sins?
(a) Five years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

5. Around 1244, what promise did King Louis IX make to God?
(a) If he could recover Jerusalem, he would convert.
(b) If his son recovered from his illnees, he would recover Jerusalem.
(c) If he recovered from his illness, he would convert.
(d) If he recovered from his illness, he would recover Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Back in Venice, the Venetians show the Franks the warships they have created. Why do the French find themselves short of the amount of money they owe?

2. A reconnaissance force of French soldiers attacks a Greek pavilion, and succeeds in forcing the Greek forces to flee. The following day, an envoy from the Emperor arrives and does what?

3. It is soon decided that to take the city, the Venetians will attack by _________.

4. The army then takes the prince near the walls of Constantinople and does what?

5. The army tells the envoy the Emperor does not own the land, and that unless he gives the lands back to the prince, they will do what?

(see the answer key)

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