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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 does Anna say Bohemund did to fool Alexius at the end of Book XI?
(a) Fake his death.
(b) Hire mercenaries to fake an attack on the Venetians.
(c) Retreat his army from Jerusalem.
(d) Burn Jerusalem to the ground.

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

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

4. What were the armies coming to Constantinople amassing for?
(a) The First Crusade.
(b) To defeat Bohemund.
(c) Defeat Alexius.
(d) The Second Crusade.

5. Who does Alexius send to Ephesus according to Anna?
(a) Isaac.
(b) John Ducas.
(c) Bohemund.
(d) Michael Ducas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days is Alexius delayed by the conspiracy against him?

2. Who attacks Bithynia according to Anna?

3. What do Alexius and Bohemund swear for at the end of the negotiations?

4. What was odd about the army Alexius was fearful of?

5. How many years after peace is made with the Turks do the Comans enter Alexius' empire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bohemund do when he reaches Lombardy in Book XII?

2. What does Alexius hope to do Bohemund's allies, friends, and servants?

3. What does Anna say about Alexius' pain?

4. At the end of Book XII, who does Bohemund meet with and what does he hope to incite?

5. What was not safe, according to Book VIII?

6. What happened between Tzachas and the Sultan in Book IX?

7. Why are the Turks terrified?

8. Where does Alexius want to travel and who does he ask to accompany him?

9. In Book X, where were people coming together?

10. When Alexius is focusing on the Turks in Book XIV, who is keeping hold of Antioch?

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