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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tzachas lose after bringing some Turk troops to his side?
(a) A few vessels.
(b) A few siege weapons.
(c) His cavalry.
(d) His son.

2. Who attacks Bithynia according to Anna?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Scythians.
(c) The Spaniards.
(d) Bohemund.

3. Who conspires against Alexius at the start of Book XIII?
(a) Isaac
(b) Devol.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Strategius.

4. Why does Anna say her account of the events that took place is accurate?
(a) She has the letters her father sent to her mother.
(b) She has trustworthy witnesses.
(c) She never lies because she knows God is watching.
(d) She was alive when they took place and she has reliable witnesses.

5. Who joins armies with Bohemund, the Counts and Godfrey according to Anna at the start of Book XI?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Isangeles.
(c) The Sultan.
(d) John Ducas.

6. Who attacks the Empire of Cicilia in Book XII?
(a) Tancred.
(b) Bohemund.
(c) Alexius.
(d) The King of France.

7. Who has Nilus cavorted with?
(a) The Franks.
(b) The Scythians.
(c) The Comans.
(d) Tzachus.

8. What treaty is signed in September of 1109 according to Anna?
(a) Devol.
(b) Varene.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Geneva.

9. Who leads the army Alexius was fearful of according to Anna?
(a) Peter.
(b) Charles II.
(c) Vercingetorix.
(d) Praetius

10. Who lays siege to numerous cities according to Anna in Book IX?
(a) Bolcanus.
(b) Tzachas.
(c) Bohemund.
(d) Diogenes Nicephorus.

11. What do the Latins try to capture according to Anna?
(a) Antioch.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Jerusalem.

12. Who tries to raise an army to go after Alexius according to Anna?
(a) Tzachas.
(b) The Turks
(c) The Dalmatians.
(d) Bohemund.

13. Who flees after the event of Levunium?
(a) Bohemund's army.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Scythians.
(d) The Comans.

14. How does Anna qualify Alexius ' victory?
(a) Great.
(b) Anna does not qualify it.
(c) Astounding.
(d) Lucky.

15. What does Alexius' plan against the invaders entail according to Anna?
(a) Paying them to leave.
(b) Facing them face to face.
(c) Getting more allies.
(d) Digging a canal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition does Bohemund pose in order to visit with Alexius?

2. Who does Alexius want to fight before his advisers dissuade him?

3. How does Anna qualify the negotiations between Alexius and Bohemund?

4. Who ally themselves against Alexius and want to send their ships to lay waste to the sea board?

5. Who does Alexius capture after leading a revolt in Trapezus?

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