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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pope Gregory VII accuse the one he had a dispute with of?
(a) Heresy.
(b) Of not giving enough money to the church.
(c) Usurpation.
(d) Of being weak.

2. Who crowns Alexius emperor?
(a) Cosmas.
(b) Constantine.
(c) Robert.
(d) Queen Maria.

3. Why does Melissenus reconsider his claim to the throne according to Anna?
(a) He was paid off.
(b) His armies defected.
(c) He does not want the responsibility.
(d) The Comnenus family is powerful.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melissenus want in order to renounce the throne?

2. What language does Anna speak according to the Preface and Book I?

3. Why does Anna think that Rome was weak when his father was fighting for the emperor?

4. Why does Alexius have many devotees?

5. What does Robert want that forced Alexius to fight him?

(see the answer key)

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