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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. Why does Bohemund send men to meet with Alexius?
(a) To make peace.
(b) To offer an alliance.
(c) To warn him of a conspiracy against him.
(d) To ask him to surrender.

2. What does Anna say was not safe at the end of Book VIII?
(a) Isaac's position.
(b) His mother.
(c) The throne.
(d) The southern border.

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

4. Who had power in the Coman nation according to Anna?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Jews.
(c) The Genoans.
(d) The Paulicians.

5. Who does Alexius trust to go against the Comans in war?
(a) Himself.
(b) Godfrey of Bouillon.
(c) John Ducas.
(d) Michael Ducas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bohemund seek an alliance with?

2. Who attacks the Empire of Cicilia in Book XII?

3. Who tries to raise an army to go after Alexius according to Anna?

4. What major city does Anna say is besieged next?

5. Where is Alexius heading after the arrest of the conspirator?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Alexius hear about Tzachas?

3. What happens to Bohemund's ships and what happens as a result?

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

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

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

7. In Book XIII, what happens between Alexius and Aaron?

8. Why are the Turks terrified?

9. Who sucks Alexius into battle?

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

(see the answer keys)

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