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

2. What does Alexius' plan against the invaders entail according to Anna?
(a) Getting more allies.
(b) Facing them face to face.
(c) Digging a canal.
(d) Paying them to leave.

3. Who flees after the event of Levunium?
(a) The Comans.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Scythians.
(d) Bohemund's army.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What treaty is signed in September of 1109 according to Anna?

2. What were the armies coming to Constantinople amassing for?

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

4. What city does Bohemund capture?

5. What city does Bohemund take at the end of Book XII?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Bohemund and Alexius at the end of Book XI?

2. What happens between Ducas and Tzachas at the beginning of Book IX?

3. Why are the Turks terrified?

4. What happened with Nilus at the beginning of Book X?

5. What did Alexius want the crusaders to do at the end of Book X?

6. What plot is planned by the citizens of Antioch and Anemades?

7. What happened to the Scythians in the battle at Levenium that proved pivotal to the war?

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

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

10. What does Alexius hear about Tzachas?

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