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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. How were the Christians of Ephesus treated according to Anna?
(a) Like everyone else.
(b) With fear.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Citizens.

2. How many years after peace is made with the Turks do the Comans enter Alexius' empire?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

3. Who ally themselves against Alexius and want to send their ships to lay waste to the sea board?
(a) Pisans and Normans.
(b) Pisans, Genoans and Lombards.
(c) Turks and Franks.
(d) Genoans and Germans.

4. Who joins forces with Alexius according to Anna?
(a) The Franks.
(b) The Dalmatians.
(c) The Comans.
(d) The Turks.

5. Who has Nilus cavorted with?
(a) Tzachus.
(b) The Franks.
(c) The Scythians.
(d) The Comans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bohemund seek an alliance with?

2. Who intercepted the Sultan's army according to Anna?

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

4. What does Alexius capture at the start of Book VIII?

5. How does Anna qualify Alexius ' victory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What plot did Alexius create in Book X of "The Alexiad" and was it successful?

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

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

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

8. What does Alexius hear about Tzachas?

9. Why are the Turks terrified?

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

(see the answer keys)

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