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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alexius collect money to get what he needs to defeat Robert?
(a) Steals from the imperial tent.
(b) Taxes leaders to give the money.
(c) Plunders cities.
(d) Sells church property.

2. What military advantage does Robert have?
(a) Long bow archers.
(b) Cavalry.
(c) Money to fund the war.
(d) Siege engines.

3. Who wins the battle at the end of Book IV?
(a) Robert.
(b) Alexius.
(c) Palaeologus.
(d) The Turks.

4. What war does Book IV introduce?
(a) War against the Normans.
(b) War against the Turks.
(c) War against the Visigoths.
(d) War against the Franks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Anna Dalassena not want?

3. Who does Robert delegate some of his troops to?

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

5. What does Robert do after his defeat by Alexius and his allies?

(see the answer key)

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