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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. Where is Alexius heading after the arrest of the conspirator?
(a) Venice.
(b) Valona.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Thessalonic.

2. What does Alexius learn about after the event of Levunium?
(a) A plot against him.
(b) The senate disbanding itself.
(c) Isaac's death.
(d) The invasion of the east by the Turks.

3. Who does Alexius want to fight before his advisers dissuade him?
(a) The King of France.
(b) The Sultan.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Tancred.

4. Who do the inhabitants of the city Bohemund and his allies want to conquer call for help?
(a) The Sultan.
(b) Alexius.
(c) Isaac.
(d) The King of France.

5. What information does Alexius receive at the start of Book IX?
(a) Part of his army defected.
(b) Tzachas' movements.
(c) A plot is unfolding in Constantinople.
(d) Part of his army fell into a trap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna say was not safe at the end of Book VIII?

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

3. Who lays siege to numerous cities according to Anna in Book IX?

4. Who dies at the start of Book XIV?

5. What happens at Levunium according to Anna?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who sucks Alexius into battle?

2. What does Anna say about Alexius' pain?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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