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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group does Anna say Alexius tried to convert?
(a) The Manicheans.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Paulicians.
(d) The Franks.

2. What information does Alexius receive at the start of Book IX?
(a) A plot is unfolding in Constantinople.
(b) Part of his army defected.
(c) Tzachas' movements.
(d) Part of his army fell into a trap.

3. Who is the Prince of Babylon?
(a) Xerxes.
(b) Amerimnes.
(c) Kahkan
(d) Ampelotes.

4. Who became Patriarch under Alexius?
(a) Caesar Classius.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Andromicus.
(d) Eustratius Garidas.

5. What does Robert want that forced Alexius to fight him?
(a) To be made Pope.
(b) The emperor's throne.
(c) To marry Anna.
(d) The west shores of Gaul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What heretic does Anna open Book X with?

2. What proposal does Alexius reject because he does not trust the ones who make it?

3. Who leads the Norman army according to Anna?

4. What army amasses after Alexius is successful in folding the invading army?

5. Who opposes the means Alexius found to raise money?

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