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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Egyptians send another envoy for what reason?
(a) To beg for another chance.
(b) To reason with the king.
(c) To kill the king and his men.
(d) To beg for forgiveness.

2. Each night, the Turks kill more soldiers until what happens?
(a) The king orders guards to patrol the area on foot.
(b) The Turks become ill.
(c) The king's men attack the Turks.
(d) The king order his men to retreat.

3. Joinville is summoned by the Empress of Constantinople to Paphos only to find her how?
(a) Missing.
(b) Without a proper wardrobe.
(c) Dead.
(d) Ill.

4. Years later, a bishop arrives to investigate the life of Louis at the request of who?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Joinville.
(c) King Louis' family.
(d) A priest.

5. How many examples does Joinville give of Louis risking his life for others?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

6. Does Joinville accompany the king when he again takes the cross?
(a) Yes.
(b) Not at first.
(c) Only at first.
(d) No.

7. Joinville explains he himself is stricken with what, but recovers?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) The army disease.
(d) Lung fever.

8. Why does the Queen of Cyprus order war?
(a) St. Germain agrees to take Comte de Bretagne's daughter as a wife and later refuses.
(b) Dracula agrees to take Comte de Bretagne's daughter as a wife and later refuses.
(c) Thibaut agrees to take Comte de Bretagne's daughter as a wife and later refuses.
(d) Monte Christo agrees to take Comte de Bretagne's daughter as a wife and later refuses.

9. While Joinville drives them from camp, what do they note in the distance behind rocks?
(a) Animals.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Several Turks.
(d) Food.

10. He and the other barons are pushed to give up lands for freedom, and made to believe what is to happen to them?
(a) They are to be set free.
(b) They are to be enslaved.
(c) They are about to be killed.
(d) They are to be tortured.

11. The king realizes the army is slowly dying off from illness, and determines what must happen?
(a) The men must return to France.
(b) They must fight one more time.
(c) The war must end.
(d) They must be moved.

12. Louis refuses peace until when?
(a) He wins the battle.
(b) His death.
(c) The barons withdraw from the count's lands.
(d) He is repaid for his losses.

13. Joinville complains to the king that he is owed money by his employer, and the king does what for him?
(a) Sends him home to France.
(b) Gives him a job.
(c) Graciously reimburses him.
(d) Demands his employer pay him.

14. The envoy returns from Egypt with a covenant promising what?
(a) Conversion of all Egyptians to Christianity.
(b) Peace with the French.
(c) If the king and his men travel to Jaffa on a certain day, the emirs of Egypt will also be there to hand off Jerusalem.
(d) To kill the king and his men if they step foot into Egypt.

15. Joinville gives another example of the king's humility, as he does what?
(a) Gives money to the people of Jaffa.
(b) Defends a clerk over his own seneschal.
(c) Protects the poor.
(d) Gives thanks for his battles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louis believe is worse than anything?

2. Joinville gives most of the money to who for safe keeping?

3. Spies in the camp of the Saracen report the leader is stating what and planning an attack?

4. Why is the king to return to France?

5. Louis travels to Pointiers, but is confronted by whom?

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