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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. Who killed the rebel Ducas was sent to quell?
(a) Ducas' army.
(b) The people.
(c) Monks.
(d) They killed themselves instead of surrendering.

2. Who attacks the Empire of Cicilia in Book XII?
(a) Bohemund.
(b) Tancred.
(c) Alexius.
(d) The King of France.

3. Who does Alexius want to accompany him to the western countries?
(a) Empress Irene.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Bohemund.

4. What does Alexius capture at the start of Book VIII?
(a) An entire legion of Turks.
(b) 500 horses.
(c) A Byzantine city.
(d) All of the Dalmatian catapults.

5. Who does Alexius defeat at the start of Book VIII?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Dalmatians.
(c) The Scythians.
(d) Bohemund.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alexius' plan against the invaders entail according to Anna?

2. What happens at Levunium according to Anna?

3. What are some of the Counts resisting?

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

5. Who does Alexius want to defeat without battle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is happening in Nicea at the beginning of Book XI?

3. At the end of Book XII, who does Bohemund meet with and what does he hope to incite?

4. When Alexius is focusing on the Turks in Book XIV, who is keeping hold of Antioch?

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

6. Who sucks Alexius into battle?

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

8. What happened to the Scythians in the battle at Levenium that proved pivotal to the war?

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

10. What was not safe, according to Book VIII?

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