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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does Bohemund capture?
(a) Antioch.
(b) Massalia.
(c) Rome.
(d) Illyria.

2. What frightens Alexius according to Anna?
(a) Robert's army.
(b) The pope.
(c) Robert's will.
(d) Robert's disregard for his men.

3. Which of Alexius' allies is wounded in battle?
(a) Suleiman.
(b) Michael.
(c) Palaeologus.
(d) Isaac.

4. Who does Alexius make Duke of the fleet?
(a) Bohemund.
(b) Michael Ducas.
(c) Dyrrachius.
(d) Isaac Contostephanus.

5. What year is the beginning of Book VIII set in?
(a) 1093.
(b) 1091.
(c) 1092.
(d) 1094.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place does Bohemund reach at the start of Book XII?

2. How does Anna qualify Alexius ' victory?

3. What hung in the sky for 40 days according to Anna?

4. What type of alliance is Bohemund seeking?

5. Who attacks the Empire of Cicilia in Book XII?

(see the answer key)

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