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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Emperor leaves for a tour of his empire to regain support, but, during that time, what happens?
(a) The Latins and the Greeks in the city have a large argument, during which the Latins set fire to the city.
(b) His lands fall into the hands of the French and Venetians.
(c) The British attack Constantinople.
(d) He dies.

4. Why does Baudouin give Marquis de Montferrat the land of Salonika?
(a) The Marquis threatens him.
(b) The Marquis marries his sister.
(c) The Marquis financially supports him.
(d) The Marquis marries the previous wife of Issac.

5. Who preached for a war to capture Jerusalem?
(a) Peter the Hermit.
(b) Louis IV.
(c) Henri.
(d) Peter the Great.

6. When did Louis begin the Eighth Crusade?
(a) 1268.
(b) 1278.
(c) 1248.
(d) 1258.

7. Murzuphlus is four days from Constantinople. He takes many cities along the way, and Baudouin decides to do what?
(a) Flee.
(b) Assist Murzuphlus.
(c) Stop his attack.
(d) Convert Murzuphlus.

8. As Henri's army moves toward the city, they are sidetracked again by Lascaris' attack on Nicomedia, and move to save their soldiers hiding in what church?
(a) The Church of Saint John.
(b) The Church of Saint Ann.
(c) The Church of Saint Matthew.
(d) The Church of Saint Sophia.

9. When the Doge hears of the troubles between the Marquis and Baudouin, what does he do?
(a) He sends messengers to persuade the marquis to attack Baudouin.
(b) He sends messengers to persuade Baudouin to attack the Marquis.
(c) He sends messengers to persuade the men to return to Venice.
(d) He sends messengers to persuade the marquis to allow him and the other barons to negotiate peace with Baudouin.

10. Geoffroy and his companions return to France to tell the news, while the others travel where to continue to rally support for the Crusade?
(a) To Genoa and Pisa.
(b) To Constantinople and Cairo.
(c) To Paris and Rome.
(d) To London and Nice.

11. As Johanitza loses his Coman soldiers, he retreats from where?
(a) Demotika.
(b) Adrianople.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Kibotos.

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

13. Villehardouin and Comte Hugues are chosen to travel to meet some of the defecting barons to do what?
(a) Attempt to bring them back to Paris.
(b) Attempt to convert them.
(c) Attempt to convince them to leave for Cairo.
(d) Attempt to bring them back to Venice.

14. Simultaneously, a fleet of ships with hundreds of men sail through the Straits of Morocco to Venice, but these men, along with many others, failed to do what?
(a) Arrive in Venice.
(b) Bring enough men.
(c) Bring enough supplies.
(d) Supply financial support.

15. The Marquis de Montferrat calls for all members of the army to do what?
(a) Regroup in Venice.
(b) Return home.
(c) Keep the spoils they have won.
(d) Bring the spoils they have won to him so they can be redistributed evenly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Henri and all able men in Constantinople go by land and sea to save Kibotos. Are they successful?

3. The Doge makes what offer, if the French agree to pay five marks per horse and two marks per man?

4. What does Johanitza do when he returns to Demotika?

5. When did Joinville write the chronicle?

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