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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Pope Gregory VII have a dispute with?
(a) Alexius.
(b) Robert the Norman.
(c) Nicephorus Bryennius.
(d) King Henry IV of Germany.

3. How old is Irene when Alexius takes power?
(a) 20 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 25 years old.
(d) 36 years old.

4. Who does Alexius leave in power while he was battling Robert?
(a) His mother.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Irene.
(d) Andromicus.

5. Who does Alexius ask for military support against Robert?
(a) Henry IV of Germany.
(b) Nicephorus Bryennius.
(c) Monomachatus.
(d) The Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Bryennius hold?

2. Who does Anna say tries to act in order to remove the suspicion that arose after Alexius took power?

3. Who became Patriarch under Alexius?

4. How is Alexius crowned emperor according to Anna?

5. Who crowns Alexius emperor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alexius realize about Robert in Book V?

2. What is celebrated at the end of Book VI?

3. What happens to the night ambush Alexius planned in Book IV?

4. At the beginning of Book IV, what was happening with Robert?

5. What occurred at the synod held before Cosmas stepped down?

6. Why was the victory against the Turks significant and when did the conflict occur?

7. Who was Tzachas, as introduced in Book VII?

8. At the end of Book V, what happened to the heretic when Alexius returned home?

9. What happened to Paleaologus during one of the battles described in Book IV?

10. What does Anna believe about her fortune and why?

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