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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Alexius battle at the start of Book IX?
(a) Tzachas and Dalmatians.
(b) Scythians.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Bohemund and Turks.

2. Who does Anna say Alexius finds and imprisons while he is conquering the Scythians?
(a) John Ducas.
(b) Nilus.
(c) Neantzes.
(d) Isaac.

3. What hung in the sky for 40 days according to Anna?
(a) A comet.
(b) A large bird.
(c) A mysterious cloud.
(d) God.

4. What was odd about the army Alexius was fearful of?
(a) It was decentralized.
(b) They were advancing slowly.
(c) It was made exclusively of foot soldiers.
(d) They were using low bows.

5. Who sent an odd message to Alexius according to Anna?
(a) The King of France.
(b) Isaac.
(c) The Duke of Normandy.
(d) Ubus.

6. What does Alexius learn about after the event of Levunium?
(a) A plot against him.
(b) The senate disbanding itself.
(c) Isaac's death.
(d) The invasion of the east by the Turks.

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

8. Who does Alexius need to focus on before returning home according to Anna at the start of Book XIV?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Franks.
(c) The Comans.
(d) The Manicheans.

9. Who does Alexius want to fight before his advisers dissuade him?
(a) The King of France.
(b) Alexander.
(c) The Sultan.
(d) Tancred.

10. Who dies at the start of Book XIV?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Bohemund.
(c) Tancred.
(d) Irene.

11. How many years after peace is made with the Turks do the Comans enter Alexius' empire?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

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

13. Who does Alexius defeat at the start of Book VIII?
(a) The Scythians.
(b) The Dalmatians.
(c) The Turks.
(d) Bohemund.

14. Who does Anna compare her father to at the end of Book XIV?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The 13th apostle.
(c) To God.
(d) The Pope.

15. Who rejoices over Alexius' victories against the Turks according to Anna?
(a) Alexius' army.
(b) The Genoans.
(c) The Franks.
(d) Constantinople.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who intercepted the Sultan's army according to Anna?

3. What does Tzachas lose after bringing some Turk troops to his side?

4. Who does Alexius want to defeat without battle?

5. Who leads the army Alexius was fearful of according to Anna?

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