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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 type of alliance is Bohemund seeking?
(a) Economical.
(b) Matrimonial.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Military.

2. What major city does Anna say is besieged next?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Antioch.
(c) Pise.
(d) Massalia.

3. What punishment does the conspirator receive?
(a) His hands are cut off.
(b) Banishment.
(c) Banishment and imprisonment.
(d) Put to death.

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

5. What place does Bohemund reach at the start of Book XII?
(a) Levenium.
(b) Lombardy.
(c) Lyon.
(d) Normandy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna say was not safe at the end of Book VIII?

2. Why does Anna say her account of the events that took place is accurate?

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

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

5. Who does Alexius battle at the start of Book IX?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What ends in Book VIII and what events led up to this culmination?

4. What does Alexius hear about Tzachas?

5. In Book XI, what are the Frankish troops doing?

6. What does Anna suggest about her father's stature at the end of Book XIV?

7. What is happening in Nicea at the beginning of Book XI?

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

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

10. Why did Alexius' advisers try to dissuade him?

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