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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Muster-roll of the Fourth Crusade through Chapter 6, Discord in the Army.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who preached for a war to capture Jerusalem?
(a) Henri.
(b) Peter the Hermit.
(c) Louis IV.
(d) Peter the Great.

2. What deal does The Doge of Venice make with the army?
(a) If the French crusaders will help him and his army take over Paris, the Venetians will postpone payment of the remaining money.
(b) If the French crusaders will help him and his army take over Zara, the Venetians will postpone payment of the remaining money.
(c) If the French crusaders will help him and his army take over Cairo, the Venetians will postpone payment of the remaining money.
(d) If the French crusaders will help him and his army take over Constantinope, the Venetians will postpone payment of the remaining money.

3. The Doge makes what offer, if the French agree to pay five marks per horse and two marks per man?
(a) To convert to Christianity and take up the cross.
(b) To build transports as well as ships for a fee of 85,000 marks, and to supply all with rations for nine months.
(c) Surrender the city to the Crusaders.
(d) Leave for Jerusalem immediately.

4. The Crusaders begin to gather in Venice after what in 1202?
(a) Easter.
(b) Palm Sunday.
(c) Good Friday.
(d) Christmas.

5. After Thibaut's death, who is asked to become leader of the Crusades?
(a) Comte de Saint Germain.
(b) Marquis de Lafayette.
(c) Comte de Monte Cristo.
(d) Marquis Boniface de Montferrat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The expedition would travel to Cairo to crush the Turks first, and would meet in Venice by when in 1202?

3. Through the next several decades, the area was overrun by Turks, and won back by Christians when?

4. Shaw closes the introduction by noting that he has modernized the chronicles for what reason?

5. When did Joinville take the cross?

(see the answer key)

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