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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the day of the main attack, what happens when the French attempt to scale the walls of the city?

2. When did Joinville take the cross?

3. What is the goal of the crusades?

4. As Lascaris attacks the lands on one side of the straits, Johanitza attacks what city?

5. What does Baudouin promise the Doge he will do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johanitza continue to do? How do the Greeks react to this?

2. What happens when many men do not manage to arrive in Venice after Easter in 1202?

3. What happens after Henri captures Johanitza?

4. What causes many nobles to take up the cross? Who were some of these noblemen?

5. What trouble takes place between Baudouin and Marquis de Montferrat? How is a peace negotiated between these two men?

6. What happens to Thibaut? How do his followers react to his demands?

7. What is known about Joinville's life?

8. How is this first chronicle challenged? What does Shaw think about this?

9. What happens after Johanitza flees and leads to Johanitza's capture?

10. What can be gathered regarding Murzuphlus' character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The king leads his army into many battles.

Part 1) Describe two of these battles. What is the purpose of these two battles? Is the king successful? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why does the king lead his men into battle? Do you agree with his decision to do so? Why or why not? Do you believe that this is what God would have wanted? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do these battles permanently change mankind? How does it still affect us today?

Essay Topic 2

Joinville states the king always governed in accordance with God's will.

Part 1) What might be God's will? How does this compare to the king's action?

Part 2) Do you believe King Louis always governed in accordance with God's will? Might others have agreed with Joinville? Why or why not?

Part 3) If others shared this belief, how might it have affected their behavior and participation in the Crusades? Are there people today who are thought to act according to God's will? How does this person's actions influence others?

Essay Topic 3

When the French and Venetians divide the lands they have conquered, the French rule with selfishness.

Part 1) Describe the conquering by the French and Venetians. Why do the French rule selfishly? How does this compare to the way the Venetians rule? What might be the cause for the differences?

Part 2) What are the consequences of the French selfishness? What message does this send to readers?

Part 3) How might have circumstances ended differently if the French had ruled more like the Venetians?

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