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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. It is soon decided that to take the city, the Venetians will attack by _________.
(a) Land.
(b) Sea.
(c) Air.
(d) Midnight.

2. When did Joinville take the cross?
(a) 1258.
(b) 1268.
(c) 1278.
(d) 1248.

3. In Constantinople, Prince Issac and his son Alexius escape from whom?
(a) Emperor Alexius.
(b) Emperor Issac.
(c) Emperor Augustus.
(d) Emperor Constantine.

4. Joinville's account of the crusade includes what?
(a) His family's experiences in the crusade.
(b) King Louis' own experiences in the crusade.
(c) His own experiences in the crusade.
(d) His father's experiences in the crusade.

5. In 1198, a saint named ___________ is preaching the word of God in France.
(a) Foulques.
(b) Louis.
(c) Joinville.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. The translator, R.B. Shaw, begins the novel with a brief introduction that explains what?

2. The fourth crusade, chronicled first in the novel, is written by Villehardouin, and is, according to Shaw, the first reliable record of the crusades by whom?

3. Through the next several decades, the area was overrun by Turks, and won back by Christians when?

4. The expedition would travel to Cairo to crush the Turks first, and would meet in Venice by when in 1202?

5. Jean de Joinville, author of the second book, grew up as a powerful figure in that he was Lord of Joinville when?

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