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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Sultan of Damascus calls his troops from Gaza and enters Egypt, where the emirs of Egypt make a truce. What does this do to the truce with Louis?
(a) It strenghthens it.
(b) It changes it.
(c) It solidifies it.
(d) It negates it.

2. When Joinville finds he cannot pay his knights, what does the king offer to do?
(a) Place him into his service.
(b) Make him his indentured servant.
(c) Put him in his brother's service.
(d) Send him home.

3. Why is the king to return to France?
(a) Out of fear of attack by England.
(b) He is ill.
(c) His mother has died.
(d) His wife is lonely.

4. The king lands at the castle of Hyeres in the lands of who?
(a) His wife.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) His brother.

5. How does the king barely escape with his life?
(a) Joinville pulls him up onto his horse as he rides away.
(b) The king bribes one of his enemies to help him escape.
(c) Joinville and his company sneak into enemy territory and save him.
(d) Joinville and his company locate a bridge and hold it for the king to escape.

6. Joinville leaves his home to reach what city?
(a) Lyon.
(b) Nice.
(c) Paris.
(d) Marseilles.

7. Joinville goes on pilgrimage to Tripoli, and brings back gifts for whom?
(a) His mother.
(b) The queen.
(c) The king.
(d) His men.

8. How are the Tartars described?
(a) As scary.
(b) As strange.
(c) As savages.
(d) As intelligent.

9. One evening, the Turks begin to shoot fireballs at the army, destroying what?
(a) The castle.
(b) The tents.
(c) The towers.
(d) The camp.

10. Before the king leaves Saida, which he has fortified, what happens?
(a) The king is attacked.
(b) The king is given many gifts.
(c) He is thanked for his works.
(d) The king is wounded.

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

12. Eventually, the sultan and the king come to an agreement, wherein the king would surrender Damietta in exchange for what?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Baghdad.
(d) Cairo.

13. What does Louis believe is worse than anything?
(a) Being lazy.
(b) Being negative.
(c) Committing a mortal sin.
(d) Committing suicide.

14. Joinville shows the king's fairness by relating a story in which the king upholds a charter. Does he have to uphold the charter?
(a) No, the seal of the charter is broken.
(b) No, he has the power to break charters.
(c) No, he does not have to follow the laws of men.
(d) Yes, because it is a legal document.

15. The barons tell the king to return home. What does Joinville advise him to do?
(a) Go home.
(b) Stay.
(c) Make his own decision.
(d) Continue to travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. The king himself is stricken with illness, but continues to do what?

2. Louis refuses peace until when?

3. Joinville states the king always governed how?

4. The king defends giving lands to the King of England by noting _________, and thus, should be respected.

5. While there, he hears a sermon from Brother Hugues, who advises him to do what?

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