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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Voyage to Scutari through Chapter 12, Second Siege of Constantinople.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joinville's account of the crusade includes what?
(a) His father's experiences in the crusade.
(b) His family's experiences in the crusade.
(c) King Louis' own experiences in the crusade.
(d) His own experiences in the crusade.

2. Shaw states Villehardouin made it clear the problems between the Franks and the Greeks, as well as the greed of the Franks, led to what?
(a) The Crusades.
(b) The power of the army.
(c) The downfall of the army and the crusade.
(d) The fall of Jerusalem.

3. Other troops land in a town near Turkey, and do what?
(a) Protect it and make peace.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Ignore it.
(d) Raid it.

4. The fourth crusade, chronicled first in the novel, is written by Villehardouin, and is, according to Shaw, the first reliable record of the crusades by whom?
(a) The Saxons.
(b) The French.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Venetians.

5. The fleet stops at Andros and overruns the area until when?
(a) They run out of ammunitions.
(b) The Pope tells them to return home.
(c) They become bored.
(d) The Emperor pays them in money and goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Simultaneously, a fleet of ships with hundreds of men sail through the Straits of Morocco to Venice, but these men, along with many others, failed to do what?

2. The translator, R.B. Shaw, begins the novel with a brief introduction that explains what?

3. The barons camp at the tower of ________, knowing the Greeks will soon attack. When they do so the following morning, they are defeated swiftly, and the army takes the tower.

4. The fleet sails from the port of Corfu when?

5. The Greeks attempt to set fire to the Crusader's ships by doing what?

(see the answer key)

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