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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Alexius resting after his battle with Robert?
(a) Achrida.
(b) Venice.
(c) Achrida and Diabolis.
(d) Rome.

2. What army does Anna say Alexius defeated during the time of the conflict over the emperor's succession?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Franks.
(c) The papal army.
(d) The Visigoths.

3. How is Alexius crowned emperor according to Anna?
(a) Alexius asks Isaac to kill the emperor.
(b) Alexius overthrows the emperor.
(c) The aging emperor abdicates.
(d) The emperor dies.

4. What was John Italus' punishment?
(a) Excommunication.
(b) Death.
(c) Banishment.
(d) Life in prison.

5. What marriage are Isaac and Anna Dalassena able to arrange?
(a) Isaac to the daughter of Robert.
(b) Manuel's daughter to the grandson of the emperor.
(c) Robert to Alexius' sister.
(d) Alexius to the ex-wife of the pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the war introduced in Book IV last?

2. Whose daughter is Irene?

3. How old is Irene when Alexius takes power?

4. Who does Anna say tries to act in order to remove the suspicion that arose after Alexius took power?

5. What family helped Alexius secure the right of the throne over his brother Isaac?

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