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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 joins armies with Bohemund, the Counts and Godfrey according to Anna at the start of Book XI?
(a) Isangeles.
(b) Isaac.
(c) The Sultan.
(d) John Ducas.

2. Who allows Bohemund to cross in Ilyria?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The Venetians.

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

4. What city does Tzachas conquer during a rebellion in Cyprus?
(a) Smyrna.
(b) Nicephorus.
(c) Venice.
(d) Dalmatia.

5. Who leads the army Alexius was fearful of according to Anna?
(a) Vercingetorix.
(b) Praetius
(c) Charles II.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Alexius head after the fall of Dyrrachium?

3. How does Anna qualify Alexius ' victory?

4. Who does Alexius trust to go against the Comans in war?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happened between Tzachas and the Sultan in Book IX?

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

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