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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 Anna say continues to move forward and conquer more land?
(a) Tacitus.
(b) Isaac.
(c) The Counts.
(d) The Sultan.

2. What does Anna say the heretic is ignorant of?
(a) Reading.
(b) Church tradition.
(c) What he must do to stay alive.
(d) The laws of Constantinople.

3. Why does Anna say her account of the events that took place is accurate?
(a) She has the letters her father sent to her mother.
(b) She was alive when they took place and she has reliable witnesses.
(c) She never lies because she knows God is watching.
(d) She has trustworthy witnesses.

4. Who sent an odd message to Alexius according to Anna?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Ubus.
(c) The Duke of Normandy.
(d) The King of France.

5. Who attacks Bithynia according to Anna?
(a) The Scythians.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Spaniards.
(d) Bohemund.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Nilus cavorted with?

2. Who is sent to kill Alexius according to Anna?

3. Who joins armies with Bohemund, the Counts and Godfrey according to Anna at the start of Book XI?

4. Where do the Scythians attack Alexius' army?

5. Who rejoices over Alexius' victories against the Turks according to Anna?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Turks terrified?

2. What happened with Diogenes at the end of Book IX?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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