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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Sultan of Cairo is poisoned by who?
(a) Emissaries of the Sultan of Homs.
(b) Joinville.
(c) King Louis.
(d) The King of the Tartars.

2. The Sultan of Damascus calls his troops from Gaza and enters Egypt, where the emirs of Egypt make a truce. What does this do to the truce with Louis?
(a) It negates it.
(b) It changes it.
(c) It solidifies it.
(d) It strenghthens it.

3. Why does the king hire Joinville to stay on?
(a) He is a good leader.
(b) His demands are high, as he needs to feed his company.
(c) He is wealthy.
(d) He is very persuasive.

4. Joinville complains to the king that he is owed money by his employer, and the king does what for him?
(a) Demands his employer pay him.
(b) Graciously reimburses him.
(c) Sends him home to France.
(d) Gives him a job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While Joinville drives them from camp, what do they note in the distance behind rocks?

2. The king, weak with illness, travels to Tunis, where what happens?

3. The envoy coming back from the Tartars reports that they used the religious items sent by Louis to do what?

4. Joinville is summoned by the Empress of Constantinople to Paphos only to find her how?

5. He ends the dedication by noting that to take example from Louis would be to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the negotiations between the king and the Turks for the freedom of Louis' men.

2. Describe the battle leading to Damietta being left to the king?

3. How does the king go about fortifying cities?

4. How does Louis become a saint?

5. What does Joinville say about the king's goodness at this point in the book?

6. Why does Louis take up the cross?

7. Why is the king asked to come home to France? Why does he decide to stay abroad?

8. What is said about the Tartars?

9. What does Joinville do when he is summoned by the Empress of Constantinople?

10. Describe the effects of illness on Louis' army and Louis' decisions regarding his men.

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