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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the army doing when the Turks again attack?
(a) Running.
(b) Singing.
(c) Resting.
(d) Bathing.

2. Seeing the battle, the king does what?
(a) Leaps into the sea and swims to shore.
(b) Orders Joinville to leap into the sea and swim to shore.
(c) Runs and hides.
(d) Turns his ships around to escape.

3. Joinville escorts the queen and her daughter to __________ for safe departure.
(a) Nice.
(b) Es Sur.
(c) Frankfort.
(d) Cairo.

4. What envoy has several encounters with those differing from the Christian faith?
(a) The envoy to Mongolia.
(b) The envoy to the emirs of Egypt.
(c) The envoy to the Sultan of Damascus.
(d) The envoy to the land of the Tartars.

5. Joinville tells of the king's wisdom and of his kindness to whom?
(a) His family.
(b) The poor.
(c) His men.
(d) His employees.

6. The Egyptians send another envoy for what reason?
(a) To kill the king and his men.
(b) To beg for another chance.
(c) To reason with the king.
(d) To beg for forgiveness.

7. Joinville shows the king's fairness by relating a story in which the king upholds a charter. Does he have to uphold the charter?
(a) No, he does not have to follow the laws of men.
(b) Yes, because it is a legal document.
(c) No, he has the power to break charters.
(d) No, the seal of the charter is broken.

8. He ends the dedication by noting that to take example from Louis would be to do what?
(a) Follow in the king's footsteps.
(b) Gain favor with Louis.
(c) Do what one is expected to do.
(d) Gain favor with God.

9. The king decides to land and fight who in battle?
(a) The Babylonians.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Israelites.
(d) The Saracens.

10. A month later, the king gathers the barons again for what reason?
(a) They have not yet obtained knights he needs to win the Crusade.
(b) They have not informed their knights of the next phase of attack.
(c) They are treating the enemy with cruelty.
(d) They have not paid their men.

11. Joinville goes on pilgrimage to Tripoli, and brings back gifts for whom?
(a) His mother.
(b) The king.
(c) The queen.
(d) His men.

12. Eventually, the sultan and the king come to an agreement, wherein the king would surrender Damietta in exchange for what?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Baghdad.

13. When the king stands up to the Old Man of the Mountain's envoy, they return later with what?
(a) Jewels and gifts from the Old Man.
(b) A wife for King Louis.
(c) New battle plans.
(d) More men.

14. The Turks block passage to the French camp, starving the army, and as a result, the king decides what must be done?
(a) The men must return to France.
(b) The war must end.
(c) They must fight one more time.
(d) The camp must be moved.

15. One evening, the Turks begin to shoot fireballs at the army, destroying what?
(a) The castle.
(b) The towers.
(c) The camp.
(d) The tents.

Short Answer Questions

1. The king sends religious gifts to the nearby King of Tartars for what reason?

2. The Sultan of Cairo is poisoned by who?

3. Joinville gives another example of the king's humility, as he does what?

4. The barons tell the king to return home. What does Joinville advise him to do?

5. Years later, a bishop arrives to investigate the life of Louis at the request of who?

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