This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Muster-roll of the Fourth Crusade through Chapter 6, Discord in the Army.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What deal does The Doge of Venice make with the army?
(a) If the French crusaders will help him and his army take over Constantinope, the Venetians will postpone payment of the remaining money.
(b) If the French crusaders will help him and his army take over Zara, the Venetians will postpone payment of the remaining money.
(c) If the French crusaders will help him and his army take over Paris, the Venetians will postpone payment of the remaining money.
(d) If the French crusaders will help him and his army take over Cairo, the Venetians will postpone payment of the remaining money.

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

3. Shaw closes the introduction by noting that he has modernized the chronicles for what reason?
(a) To make them simpler for modern individuals to read.
(b) To make them more interesting.
(c) To make them more accurate.
(d) To make them exciting.

4. The Venetians offer fifty armed alleys at no charge, as long as what happens?
(a) They do not have to convert.
(b) The French give them anything the two armies wins.
(c) The French do not force them out of their city.
(d) Anything the army wins is split in half between the Franks and the Venetians.

5. When did Villehardouin write the chronicle?
(a) The year his crusade ended.
(b) Years after his crusade.
(c) Before his crusade.
(d) During his crusade.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When did Joinville take the cross?

3. The envoys reach Venice, and explain to the Doge of Venice, Enrico Dandolo, that their masters wish the Venetians to do what for them?

4. He notes that Villehardouin saw his crusade as what?

5. When did Louis begin the Eighth Crusade?

(see the answer key)

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