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

2. The Crusaders begin to gather in Venice after what in 1202?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Palm Sunday.
(d) Good Friday.

3. Other troops land in a town near Turkey, and do what?
(a) Ignore it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Protect it and make peace.
(d) Raid it.

4. 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?
(a) The Venetians.
(b) The Saxons.
(c) The French.
(d) The Greeks.

5. Geoffroy returns to France to find Thibaut how?
(a) Dead.
(b) Very powerful.
(c) Very ill.
(d) Unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Villehardouin born?

2. The Venetians succeed in taking __________, and set fire to those in between themselves and the Greeks.

3. Shaw closes the introduction by noting that he has modernized the chronicles for what reason?

4. After Thibaut's death, who is asked to become leader of the Crusades?

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

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