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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 barons tell the king to return home. What does Joinville advise him to do?
(a) Continue to travel.
(b) Go home.
(c) Make his own decision.
(d) Stay.

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

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. The king himself is stricken with illness, but continues to do what?
(a) Order attacks.
(b) Send men into battle.
(c) Help the men escape.
(d) Plan to surrender.

5. On the trip, the army finds themselves attacked by who?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Israelites.
(c) The Babylonians.
(d) The Egyptians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joinville goes on pilgrimage to Tripoli, and brings back gifts for whom?

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

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. What is the army doing when the Turks again attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between the people of Constantinople and the Comans? Why?

2. How are Joinville and the barons tricked into giving up their land?

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

4. Why does Louis take up the cross?

5. What happens when the king lands at the castle of Hyeres in the lands of his brother?

6. How does the king go about fortifying cities?

7. What information do the spies give regarding the Saracen's plans? How does the king react to this?

8. Describe the trip home for the king.

9. What does King Louis do to reform his country?

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

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